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单词 home-working
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home-workingadj.

Brit. /ˌhəʊmˈwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌhoʊmˈwərkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, working adj.
Etymology: < home n.1 + working adj. Compare slightly earlier homeworker n., homeworking n.
That works at home, esp. as distinguished from working in a factory or office.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [adjective]
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home-working1850
1850 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 5 Oct. 218/1 The home-working journeyman.
1897 S. Webb & B. Webb Industr. Democracy II. ii. xii. 545 To meet the spasmodic demands of the ‘season’, thousands of home-working families can, by a word, be automatically compelled to labor all the night through.
1920 Eighth Ann. Rep. Chief, Children's Bureau (U.S. Dept. Labor) 23 Eyestrain was reported for many home-working children.
2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Sept. v. 4/3 Your humble home-working computer correspondent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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