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sweat shop

sweat shop is the alternative form of sweatshop.

Meaning of sweatshop

Noun

sweatshop (plural sweatshops)

  1. A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.
    • I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision.2001 February 19, Jonah Peretti, quotee, “Jonah Peretti and Nike”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    sweat factory

Forms of sweat shop

pluralsweat shops

Questions about sweat shop

What is sweat shop the alternative form of?
Sweat shop is the alternative form of sweatshop.

Words near sweat shop in the dictionary

  1. sweat rash
  2. sweat scraper
  3. sweat scrapers
  4. sweat shirt
  5. sweat shirts
  6. sweat shop
  7. sweat shops
  8. sweat sock
  9. sweat socks
  10. sweat the small stuff
  11. sweat trousers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweat shop (page history and authors); sweatshop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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