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sweatshop

[ swet-shop ]
/ ˈswɛtˌʃɒp /
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noun
a shop, small factory, or other workplace employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
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Origin of sweatshop

First recorded in 1865–70; sweat + shop

Words nearby sweatshop

sweat of one's brow, sweat out, sweatpants, sweats, sweatshirt, sweatshop, sweat sock, sweat suit, sweatweed, sweaty, Swed.
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Words related to sweatshop

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

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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural 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.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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