work camp

noun

: a camp for workers: such as
b
: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor

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Communal meals were served in the multi-ethnic work camps as plantation workers needed nutritious, hearty meals portioned to keep them going all day long. Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025 Saw tells his followers he was forced into slave labor at an Imperial work camp on his home planet Onderon. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025 And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps. Patrick Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025 Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education. Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for work camp

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of work camp was in 1877

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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20camp. Accessed 16 May. 2025.

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