Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweatee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sweatee
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From sweat + -ee.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sweat

Inflected Forms

sweatees (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sweater

Questions

What does sweatee mean?: A subcontractor doing piece work in the tailoring trade.
Where does sweatee come from?: From sweat + -ee.

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