sweatshop
See also: sweat shop
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Etymology edit
sweat (“to extract money, labour, etc.”, verb) + shop
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Noun edit
sweatshop (plural sweatshops)
- A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892]
- 2001 February 19, Jonah Peretti, quotee, “Jonah Peretti and Nike”, in The Guardian[1]:
- I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision.
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factory
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References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sweatshop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.