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sweatshops

sweatshops is the plural 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

Questions about sweatshops

What is sweatshops the plural of?
Sweatshops is the plural of sweatshop.

Words near sweatshops in the dictionary

  1. sweatshirted
  2. sweatshirting
  3. sweatshirts
  4. sweatshirty
  5. sweatshop
  6. sweatshops
  7. sweatshorts
  8. sweatsoaked
  9. sweatsock
  10. sweatsocks
  11. sweatstained

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweatshops (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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