sweating system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sweating system
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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All an infernal system of oppression, like the sweating system, asks, is to be let alone.
From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert
It is not on record that any one ever found a good word to say for the "sweating system."
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
This special value of the trades-unions first became clear to the residents of Hull-House in connection with the sweating system.
From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane
Atlas isn't keen about anything but the sweating system.
From Penelope's Postscripts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
The abolition of the small workshop is the great object of a large number of practical reformers who have studied the sweating system.
From Problems of Poverty by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
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