sweatshop

[ swet-shop ]

/ ˈswɛtˌʃɒp /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR sweatshop ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a shop, small factory, or other workplace employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.

Origin of sweatshop

First recorded in 1865–70; sweat + shop

Words nearby sweatshop

sweat of one's brow, sweat out, sweatpants, sweats, sweatshirt, sweatshop, sweat sock, sweat suit, sweatweed, sweaty, Swed.

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Example sentences from the Web for sweatshop

Following the tragedy, American Apparel CEO Dov Charney spoke out against overseas, sweatshop production.
American Apparel Stirs Up Controversy…Again|Erin Cunningham|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of our soldiers were from the mine, the farm, the sweatshop.
A Jewish Chaplain in France|Lee J. Levinger
He rented an airshaft bedroom in the flat of a Jewish sweatshop worker for one dollar and seventy-five cents a week.
The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis
More than any other industry in the United States it has been menaced by the sweatshop system.
World's War Events, Vol. II|Various

Says his father's dead and mother earns seventeen a week in a sweatshop and sends him to school.
By Advice of Counsel|Arthur Train
Looks like someone was openin' a sweatshop in the buildin', don't it!
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for sweatshop

sweatshop

/ (ˈswɛtˌʃɒp) /

noun

a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages

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Cultural definitions for sweatshop

sweatshop

A small factory or shop in which employees are poorly paid and work under adverse conditions. Sweatshops were especially common in the garment industry during the early twentieth century.

单词	sweatshop
释义	sweatshop [ swet-shop ] / ˈswɛtˌʃɒp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sweatshop ON THESAURUS.COM noun a shop, small factory, or other workplace employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions. Origin of sweatshop First recorded in 1865–70; sweat + shop Words nearby sweatshop sweat of one's brow, sweat out, sweatpants, sweats, sweatshirt, sweatshop, sweat sock, sweat suit, sweatweed, sweaty, Swed. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweatshop Following the tragedy, American Apparel CEO Dov Charney spoke out against overseas, sweatshop production. American Apparel Stirs Up Controversy…Again\|Erin Cunningham\|March 6, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Many of our soldiers were from the mine, the farm, the sweatshop. A Jewish Chaplain in France\|Lee J. Levinger He rented an airshaft bedroom in the flat of a Jewish sweatshop worker for one dollar and seventy-five cents a week. The Trail of the Hawk\|Sinclair Lewis More than any other industry in the United States it has been menaced by the sweatshop system. World's War Events, Vol. II\|Various Says his father's dead and mother earns seventeen a week in a sweatshop and sends him to school. By Advice of Counsel\|Arthur Train Looks like someone was openin' a sweatshop in the buildin', don't it! Shorty McCabe on the Job\|Sewell Ford British Dictionary definitions for sweatshop sweatshop / (ˈswɛtˌʃɒp) / noun a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sweatshop shop, plant, foundry, firm, cooperative, industry, workshop, branch, laboratory, mill, theater, amphitheater, stadium, gym, rink, works, manufactory, warehouse, forge, mint Cultural definitions for sweatshop sweatshop A small factory or shop in which employees are poorly paid and work under adverse conditions. Sweatshops were especially common in the garment industry during the early twentieth century. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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sweatshop

noun

Origin of sweatshop

Words nearby sweatshop

Example sentences from the Web for sweatshop

British Dictionary definitions for sweatshop

noun

Words related to sweatshop

Cultural definitions for sweatshop