outworkern.
/ˈaʊtˌwəːkə/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌwərkər/ Originally: a person who works out of doors. Now usually: a person who works away from his or her employer's premises.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > outside or in open air
outman1793
outworker1813
surfaceman1839
outside man1861
1776 L. Carter Diary 7 Jan. (1965) II. 967 A very healthy wench and a fine workwoman must be of much more value than an outworker.
1813 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick xv. 420 Their occupiers [were] bound to shear at the ordinary wages, and to supply certain outworkers when wanted.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 95 Then the few tired outworkers were regaled by the groans and tossings of the sick.
1894 Daily News 24 Mar. 3/4 The lists of out workers which are now required to be kept by the manufacturers of all kinds of wearing apparel, cabinet and furniture making [etc.].
1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 12/8 (advt.) Outworkers required to sub-contract large and regular orders of light clothing.
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 129 The most shocking cases of the exploitation of females for cheap labour are the outworkers.
1991 Sun (Brisbane) 25 June 26/6 Outworkers on whom many in the Australian industry rely, earned between $200 and $250 a week for 45 to 60 hours work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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