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job shop

American  

noun

  1. an agency or plant that supplies technical personnel or performs a specific function in a manufacturing process, usually on short-term temporary contracts.


Other Word Forms

  • job shopper noun

Example Sentences

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The company, which is based in Crestview Hills, Ky., and has about 50 employees, began as a commercial job shop.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2012

In Philadelphia, other magazines felt the squeeze of job shop strikes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Journal earned enough to permit purchase of many a new machine for the job shop.

From Time Magazine Archive

We've automated production lines that were previously like a job shop type thing, where people would hand parts from one to the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

They didn't get here from the job shop till half an hour ago.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson