daylight factory

noun

A factory of a particular architectural style, having a concrete frame and floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing in natural light.

First used early 20th c.
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Meanings

noundaylight factory (plural daylight factories)

plural daylight factories

  1. historicalarchitectureA factory of a particular architectural style, having a concrete frame and floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing in natural light.First known use early 20th c.

    Point 5—from a daylight factory

    1916 March 11, “[advertisement] Those two delicious flavors - M-M-M!”, in Saturday Evening Post
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