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shop floor

noun
  1. the part of a factory housing the machines and men directly involved in production
    1. workers, esp factory workers organized in a union
    2. (as modifier)shop-floor protest
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Historical Examples of shop-floor

  • Wasn't it your pepper and salt that was strewed on the shop-floor to-day?

    Woman in Prison

    Caroline H. Woods

  • She crossed the shop-floor at a leisurely pace, and came and offered her hand to the beautiful Norman.