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spreadovers

spreadovers is the plural of spreadover.

Meaning of spreadover

Noun

spreadover (countable and uncountable, plural spreadovers)

  1. (employment) The variable arrangement of duties and breaks within overall work periods of fixed duration.
    • The eight-hour day spreadover was imposed on the Scottish miners in December of last year following upon the most open and flagrant betrayal by the Miners' Federation […]1931, W. Gallacher, “The Scottish Miner's Strike”, in The Communist Review, volume 3, page 345

Questions about spreadovers

What is spreadovers the plural of?
Spreadovers is the plural of spreadover.

Words near spreadovers in the dictionary

  1. spreadings
  2. spreadly
  3. spreadmart
  4. spreadmarts
  5. spreadover
  6. spreadovers
  7. spreads
  8. spreads it on thick
  9. spreads like wildfire
  10. spreads one's legs
  11. spreads one's net wide

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