garment factory

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meaningsofgarmentandfactory

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garment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡɑː.mənt/us
/ˈɡɑːr.mənt/
a piece ...
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factory
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ.i/
a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made ...
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(Definition ofgarmentandfactoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sheila left school at 16 and went to work as a machinist in agarmentfactory.
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Employment in the urban garment factories is no longer a viable alternative for the rural population.
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The establishment of the rural garment factories is a typical example of the ' low road to competition ' strategy prevalent in the garment industry.
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He, then, worked as a quality control checker in agarmentfactory, followed by a dept collector in a stationery wholesale company, and a delivery courier later on.
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Her unorthodox methods earned her the consternation of the church elders as well as her own family members, who own thegarmentfactoryon which the labor issue centered.
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The department store closed in 1986 and the building was turned into retail on the ground floors and agarmentfactoryon the upper floors.
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She started working in agarmentfactoryto support her family.
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The economy of the town consisted of agarmentfactoryand a farm.
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Unmarried women from rural areas are the preferredgarmentfactoryworkers, and correspondingly make up the majority of the labor force.
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So the problems are not the intensity and burnout and pressure-cooker environment you have in agarmentfactory.
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His father earned their living by working as a salesman in agarmentfactory.
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It housed a shoe manufacturer until 1954, after which it was used as agarmentfactory.
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This field was used my workers at thegarmentfactory, who field a team each year.
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Light industry also prospers, with agarmentfactory, a tannery, a food-processing plant, and a brewery currently operating.
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Like the latter, she also works as a seamstress in agarmentfactory.
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It is estimated that a singlegarmentfactorycan create up to 60,000 pounds (27 metric tons) of textile waste, which normally goes to landfills.
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Finally, in 1985, he resigned his post as a manager of agarmentfactoryto become a full-time artist.
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In later years agarmentfactoryopened, but closed in the 1970s.
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