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sweating system

noun

  1. the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweating system1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

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One of the speakers had alluded to the evil part in the sweating system which is played by the highly paid "speeders."

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It is not on record that any one ever found a good word to say for the "sweating system."

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The half dozen factories were only the centre of a widespread sweating system.

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He worked actively against the sweating system, pleaded for European intervention in Macedonia, and was a keen supporter of the Licensing Bill of 1908.

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From rendering the superintendence of labour unnecessary, it leads to abuses like the sub-contracts known in this country as "the sweating system," or what is a variety of the same, to contracts of the employer with his manager, whereby the latter becomes responsible for the whole work, and employs and pays the men.

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