"sweatee" meaning in All languages combined

See sweatee on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sweatees [plural]
Etymology: From sweat + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sweat|ee}} sweat + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweatee (plural sweatees)
  1. (historical) A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade. Tags: historical

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: sweater"
        },
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          "text": "If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union."
        }
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        "(historical) A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade."
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        "(historical) A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade."
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