noun
- a shop or factory that produces cheap, ready-made clothing
Usage: historical
Examples
- The immigrants found work in the slopworks of the Lower East Side.
- Conditions in the slopworks were often harsh and poorly ventilated.
- Many tailors preferred custom work to employment in the slopworks.
- The slopworks produced inexpensive garments for the growing urban population.
- Labor reformers criticized the long hours at the slopworks.
- Workers at the slopworks earned very low wages for their efforts.