| 单词 | piecemaster |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiecemaster piecemaster n. now rare (a) a small-scale tradesman; (b) a foreman who organizes the distribution of piecework for an employer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > other specific employers piecemaster1747 nooi1850 ship-worker?1881 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xxxix. 144 These kind of Piece-Masters are paid according to the Work. 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 174 A class of small tradesmen called piece-masters, who work for a very small profit, getting up a single carriage at a time and selling it the moment it is made. 1849 H. Mayhew in Morning Chron. 9 Nov. 5/2 I get them from a person who gets them from the warehouse. These intermediate persons are called piece-masters. 1979 Hist. Educ. Q. 19 482 In Oldham..the new pacemakers of the cotton industry, the piecemasters and small spinners, assumed control. 1999 Human Resource Managem. Jrnl. (Nexis) 9 20–38 It was the piecemaster or contractor who set a pace which the rest had to follow. < as lemmas |
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