sweating system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sweating system
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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 J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
Only a short time since a popular economic writer denounced a Boston clergyman for unveiling the horrors of the sweating system in the modern Athens.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
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 Louis Albert Banks
There are in the Boston Public Library five ponderous volumes containing the evidence taken before a commission, appointed by the English House of Lords, to examine into the sweating system of Great Britain.
From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Louis Albert Banks
Thus one of the most glaring evils of the sweating system is seen to form a distinct economic advantage in the workshop, as compared with the large factory.
From Problems of Poverty by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
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