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sweatshop

American  
[swet-shop] / ˈswɛtˌʃɒp /

noun

  1. a shop, small factory, or other workplace employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.

sweatshop British  
/ ˈswɛtˌʃɒp /

noun

  1. a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages

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sweatshop Cultural  

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of sweatshop

First recorded in 1865–70; sweat + shop

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