单词 | shopcraft |
释义 | shopcraftn.ΚΠ 1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum sig. A4 Nor court, nor shop-crafts were thine Artes, but thoseWhich Adam studied ere he did transgresse. 1691 R. Ames Siege & Surrender of Mons iii. iii. 25 O Priest-Craft, Shop-Craft! how do ye Effeminate The Mind of Man. 2. North American. Any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, esp. in the railway industry. Chiefly attributive (esp. in shopcraft union). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > association of railway employees shopcraft1911 1911 Railway World 8 Sept. 733 The Southern Pacific Railroad Company..absolutely rejected at San Francisco, last Saturday, a demand for recognition of the Federation of Shop Employes, comprising five shop craft unions. 1942 H. E. Jones Wages & Labor Relations in Railroad Industry 1900–41 14 For shop craft employees, annual compensation stood at $1,754 in 1922. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 7 Sept. 1/4 Latest union flareup occurred..as members of Canadian National Railways shopcraft unions walked off the job. 2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Mar. b6 Shopcraft worker members voted 69 per cent in favour of a new agreement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656 |
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