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erecting shops

erecting shops is the plural of erecting shop.

Meaning of erecting shop

Noun

erecting shop (plural erecting shops)

  1. (dated) A place where large machines, predominantly trains and their parts but also cranes, are assembled, adjusted, or repaired.
    • Erecting-shop work was always hard and slogging, so that at the end of a 9¾ hour day there were not many who felt inclined for much more physical activity.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285

Questions about erecting shops

What is erecting shops the plural of?
Erecting shops is the plural of erecting shop.

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