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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.


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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

I now act as editor and advertising manager, write all page one stories, manage the job shop, handle circulation.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune

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