| 单词 | rat labour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat labour rat labour n. now historical work done for less than the usual or trade union rate; unskilled or non-union labour (see sense 4f). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > non-union labour rat labour1883 1883 Weekly Nevada State Jrnl. 17 Feb. 1/6 There are plenty of printers in Nevada who..are in need of employment and a preference should be given to them over the cheap ‘rat’ labor of San Francisco. 1971 Econ. Hist. Rev. 24 207 ‘Foul’..masters, not paying customary prices, and employing ‘rat’ labour, unskilled men who had not served and apprenticeship. 2003 W. Rumble Swifts iii. 53 Cheaper labor—‘rat’ labor, in printing parlance—performed by nonunion workers or incompletely apprenticed boys eroded a journeyman's prosperity. < as lemmas |
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