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cottage industry: see sweating system sweating system, method of exploiting labor by supplying materials to workers and paying by the piece (see piecework ) for work done on those materials in the workers' homes or in small workshops (sweatshops). ..... Click the link for more information. . cottage industry an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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McCoy Rigby, a theatrical company that has made a cottage industry of ``Peter Pan,'' clearly couldn't resist spiriting Eric Anderson's Merlin out of the action via flight and wires. Desire for ever-greater utility has created a cottage industry in storage space, third-row seating, and dual-use vehicles that never see a dirt road much less a mountain trail. The source of the smell, the Carlson family's cottage industry, which produces a sure-fire catfish bait ("the single most noxious-smelling substance on this planet"), creates the book's central dilemma: Cade, foul-smelling but kindhearted, doesn't believe in killing fish. |
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