sweatee

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noun

A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade.

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Meanings

nounsweatee (plural sweatees)

plural sweatees

  1. historicalA 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)

Origin

From sweat + -ee.

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APA

sweatee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatee

MLA

“sweatee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweatee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatee.

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