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Etymology

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gun +‎ works

Noun

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gunworks (plural gunworks)

  1. A facility where guns are manufactured.
    • 2001, Seymour Melman, After Capitalism: From Managerialism to Workplace Democracy:
      Federal troops were used to break sporadic strikes, as in Cold Springs, New York, where workers at a gunworks asked for a wage increase.
    • 2009, Barry Werth, Banquet at Delmonico's:
      Then, as news of the slaughter spread through the city, the streets filled with rolling-mill hands and other workers who broke into a gunworks and captured two hundred rifles and additional small arms.
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