shoe factory

collocation in English

meaningsofshoeandfactory

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shoe
noun[C]
uk
/ʃuː/us
/ʃuː/
one of a pair of coverings for your feet, usually made of a strong material such as leather, with a thick leather or plastic sole (= base) and usually ...
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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 ofshoeandfactoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have lost all our shipbuilding, our food canning factories, a coach works and ashoefactory.
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Ashoefactoryemploying 350 people would have to spend £300,000 to reduce machinery noise to 85 decibels.
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I hesitate to describe theshoefactoryin my constituency as large.
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It later served as a church, feed store, art house, coffee house, dance studio, locksmith's shop, beauty shop, andshoefactory.
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He found work in ashoefactoryas a press operator.
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It had at one time housed ashoefactoryand outlet.
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On four storeys of an oldshoefactory, they illustrate both technical aspects of shoe manufacturing and the social and every day history of shoes.
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A well-knownshoefactorywas later built, now both glass and shoe factories are closed.
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He started his working career in ashoefactoryin 1946.
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To give a concrete example of this, a worker making shoes in ashoefactoryis not only producing shoes, but potential exchange-value.
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After he recovered, his father seized the boy and enrolled him as an apprentice cobbler at theshoefactorywhere he worked.
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He overtook his wife's familyshoefactoryin early 1930s.
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After finishing school in spring 1913, he started work as a press operator in ashoefactory.
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Economies of scale would mean that a single one of every necessary facility -- one steel mill, oneshoefactory, etc. -- would exist.
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There is also ashoefactoryand a brewery in town.
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At one time, there was ashoefactory, a shipyard, a lumber mill, and fish processing plant in the area.
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However, as an employee in ashoefactory, money was scarce and an early marriage that failed left her with a child and limited means.
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Limuru residents rely mostly on farming and ashoefactoryfor employment.
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There, they found work in ashoefactory.
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Here there is a still fully working modernshoefactory, which is in operation daily.
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