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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

• SWEATSHOP (noun)

Sense 1

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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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