sweating system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sweating system
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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One of the speakers had alluded to the evil part in the sweating system which is played by the highly paid "speeders."
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, 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
He worked actively against the sweating system, pleaded for European intervention in Macedonia, and was a keen supporter of the Licensing Bill of 1908.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Take the sweating system of the East End of London, in which, bad conditions of labour always going together, we find starvation wages combined with long hours and unwholesome work-rooms.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
One word must be said in this connection about the sweating system and its relation to trade unions.
From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond
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