Definition of sweatshop
: a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
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Brown is at pains to note that the sweatshop manager Frank, played with passion and ferment by Patrick Andrews, is far from a perfect man.
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My all time favorites are about child labor at Apple’s iPod sweatshops.
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First Known Use of sweatshop
1884
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playDefinition of sweatshop for English Language Learners
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: a place where people work long hours for low pay in poor conditions
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