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SWEATSHOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sweatshop mean?
• SWEATSHOP (noun)
The noun SWEATSHOP has 1 sense:
1. factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
Familiarity information: SWEATSHOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sweatshop" is a kind of...):
factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant; mill (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)
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