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sweatshop

[ swet-shop ]
/ ˈswɛtˌʃɒp /
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noun

a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.

RELATED WORDS

shop, plant, foundry, firm, cooperative, industry, workshop, branch, laboratory, mill, theater, amphitheater, stadium, gym, rink, works, manufactory, warehouse, forge, mint

Nearby words

  1. sweating sickness,
  2. sweating system,
  3. sweatpants,
  4. sweats,
  5. sweatshirt,
  6. sweatsuit,
  7. sweatweed,
  8. sweaty,
  9. swed.,
  10. swede

Origin of sweatshop

First recorded in 1865–70; sweat + shop
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British Dictionary definitions for sweatshop

sweatshop

/ (ˈswɛtˌʃɒp) /

noun

a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages
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Word Origin and History for sweatshop

sweatshop

n.

1892, from sweat + shop (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Culture definitions for sweatshop

sweatshop

A small factory or shop in which employees are poorly paid and work under adverse conditions. Sweatshops were especially common in the garment industry during the early twentieth century.

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