| 单词 | nine-hour day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnine-hour day nine-hour day n. (also nine-hours' day) now historical a working day of nine hours (cf. day n. 6). ΚΠ 1862 Leisure Hour 28 June 413/2 They agreed upon an effort to shorten working time, and fixed upon a nine-hours' day. The phrase includes nine hours' actual work. 1897 Daily News 13 July 8/5 A nine-hour day is not so long as to be exhausting to a man. 1989 S. Reynolds Britannica's Typesetters (BNC) 41 The question of reducing work hours was first raised..in the wake of the nine-hour day movement which had been launched in the building trades [in the 1860s]. < as lemmas |
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