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labour exchanges

labour exchanges is the plural of labour exchange.

Meaning of labour exchange

Noun

labour exchange (plural labour exchanges)

  1. (UK, dated) An employment agency, a job centre.
    • Isn't it taking candour unwisely far to anticipate clueless responses from some station staff and excuse them on the grounds that "some of the chaps you see in uniform have just arrived from the labour exchange"?1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 75

Questions about labour exchanges

What is labour exchanges the plural of?
Labour exchanges is the plural of labour exchange.

Words near labour exchanges in the dictionary

  1. labour court
  2. labour courts
  3. Labour Day
  4. Labour Days
  5. labour exchange
  6. labour exchanges
  7. labour force
  8. labour forces
  9. labour law
  10. labour lawyer
  11. labour lawyers

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