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labor camp

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noun

Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.

a camp for the shelter of migratory farm workers.

Origin of labor camp

First recorded in 1895–1900

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for labor camp

servitude, slavery, gulag, corvee

Examples from the Web for labor camp

Historical Examples of labor camp

Otherwise the tenement and labor-camp experiences in America would soon spoil them.
Aliens or Americans?
Howard B. Grose
Let's go; I want a look at what's going on down at the equipment-park and the labor-camp, first.
Uller Uprising
Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
"Try landing south of the Reservation, a little west of the ruins of the labor-camp," he advised.
Uller Uprising
Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr