factory worker

collocation in English

meaningsoffactoryandworker

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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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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition offactoryandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is to be noted that the siblings or relatives are taken from the place of origin of the respectivefactoryworkeror the spouse.
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This shared view of the plight of the femalefactoryworkergoes further.
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In the sequel, subscripts (1, 2, 3, 4) are used for thefactoryworker, his spouse, his sibling and his spouse's relative, respectively.
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Also, being afactoryworkerwas a common occupation both among the cases (28 %) and the controls (20 %).
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In many cases, however, the greatest good fortune afactoryworkercan expect is to obtain a place as a servant.
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Most middle-class people, even many family members of factory owners, had never been inside a factory and had probably never seen afactoryworker, except at a distance.
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If afactoryworkertakes a bicycle from outside a factory it is often stigmatised as a singularly mean theft.
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My father was afactoryworkerall his life.
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But, strictly, the money motive is supposed to be the only incentive for the averagefactoryworker.
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In the case of the normalfactoryworkeror office worker, this is no doubt quite clear.
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This is perhaps what afactoryworkerdoes.
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My father was afactoryworkerfor the whole of his life.
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Thefactoryworkerhas a raincoat as part of his equipment.
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I spoke to afactoryworkerwho had won the big prize in a factory of some 10,000 workers.
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I am suggesting incentives not only for thefactoryworker, but from the bottom to the top.
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Afactoryworkerwas bullied by his colleagues because of his dyslexia, which his managers did nothing to stop.
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A youngfactoryworker, wearing light fancy type shoes, was shown walking round a factory.
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I am not fool enough to imagine that a womanfactoryworkercan be turned into a nurse or a cook-general.
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The office worker on a machine is paid by cheque; thefactoryworkeron a machine is paid in cash.
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