FACTORY
ADJECTIVES
► FACTORIAL pert. to a factory; consisting in a factory → 1864
NOUNS
► LINE an assembly line in a factory → 1996 US
► MANUARY a factory → 1625 obs.
► MANUFACTORY a factory or workshop → 1692
► MANUFACTURE a manufacturing establishment or business; a factory → 1653 obs.
► SHUTDOWN a stoppage of work; the temporary closing of a factory → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BENCH HAND a person who works at a workbench in a factory or workshop → 1851
► GEARHEAD a car factory worker → 1991 US sl.
► HALF-TIMER a child who works half the day at a factory → 1888 Eng. dial.
► MANUFACTURER an artificer, an operative in a factory or workshop → 1719 obs.
► MOVE-MAN a factory worker who is responsible for moving parts, etc., from one stage of production to another → 1923
► SMALL HELP children employed to work in factories, etc. → 1903
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