"sweatee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweatees [plural]
Etymology: 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
    Sense id: en-sweatee-en-noun-An2J4SlC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee

Inflected forms

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