shop floor
Britishnoun
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the part of a factory housing the machines and men directly involved in production
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workers, esp factory workers organized in a union
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( as modifier )
shop-floor protest
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Example Sentences
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"We are so grateful for people who make the effort to bring items in to us. We want them to come in and see their items on the shop floor."
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Industrial discipline migrated from shop floor to office desk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
He will be succeeded by John Furner, a Walmart lifer who worked his way up from the shop floor and now serves as head of the company's US business.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
The acute sense of social direction came from Armani's early experience on the shop floor of that Milanese department store.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Down on the shop floor, it was clear that all was not well.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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