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sweatees

sweatees is the plural of sweatee.

Meaning of sweatee

Noun

sweatee (plural sweatees)

  1. (historical) A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade.
    • If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, Annual Report (volumes 7-8, page 158)

Questions about sweatees

What is sweatees the plural of?
Sweatees is the plural of sweatee.

Words near sweatees in the dictionary

  1. sweated one's guts out
  2. sweated out
  3. sweated the small stuff
  4. sweatedst
  5. sweatee
  6. sweatees
  7. sweaten
  8. sweater
  9. sweater curse
  10. sweater dress
  11. sweater dresses

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