sweating system

noun

1. the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweating system¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Were people in general not willing accomplices, there would be no sweating system, no unfair competition.

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Also domestic industry frequently implies the so-called sweating system.

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One word must be said in this connection about the sweating system and its relation to trade unions.

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One of the speakers had alluded to the evil part in the sweating system which is played by the highly paid "speeders."

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The sweating system is one of the iniquities of commercial greed, and the helpless foreigner of certain classes is its victim.

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