- sweated labor
- sweat|ed la|bor [ ,setəd `leıbər ] noun uncount LITERARYhard work for which people earn very little money, or the people who do this type of work
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
sweated labor
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sweated labour — BrE sweated labor AmE n [U] 1.) hard work done for very low wages, especially in a factory 2.) the people who do this work … Dictionary of contemporary English
sweated — adjective Date: 1882 of, subjected to, or produced under sweatshop conditions < sweated labor > < sweated goods > … New Collegiate Dictionary
sweated — adjective : of, subjected to, or produced under a sweating system sweated labor sweated goods … Useful english dictionary
sweated labour — BrE sweated labor AmE noun (U) 1 hard work done for very low wages, especially in a factory 2 the people who do this work … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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