manufactory
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of manufactory
1610–20; obsolete manufact handmade (< Late Latin manūfact ( us ); see manus, fact) + -ory 2
Example Sentences
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His manufactory was renamed The Stanley Works, and over the next century it boomed, employing 5,000 people in and around New Britain and helping to give it the nickname “Hardware City.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Visiting a watch manufactory is a soothing experience during chaotic times, and the painfully slow assembly of these beautiful objects may well fall under the heading of “God’s work.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017
The tax likely will top the agenda when Mr. Trump meets Thursday with executives from top U.S. manufactory firms.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2017
Winchester’s own compatriot New Haveners thought he had “lost his reason” when they learned that his new manufactory “was equipped to produce 200 rifles a day.”
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2016
Arrived at L——, he repaired to the street where the manufactory was situated, and found it shut up!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
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