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non-soˈciety
[non- 4.]
attrib. Not belonging to a society; spec. applied to a workman who is not a member of a trade-union, or to an establishment in which such men are employed.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1861) III. 222/2 The slopworkers of the different trades—the cheap men or non⁓society hands. 1886Pall Mall G. 22 Oct. 10/2 The Board had paid more for printing in ‘non-society’ houses than in society houses. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 192 Its [The Times] being a non-society office. |