| 单词 | starvation wage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarvation wage starvation wage n. ΚΠ 1825 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 Feb. 394 So, here are the rich, whom the law compels to pay poor-rates, endeavouring to shift them from their own shoulders by coaxing ‘the poor’ to give up, out of their starvation wages, the means of making provision for themselves! 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxiii. 67 In allowing an employer to pay starvation wages to girls. 2004 E. Conlon Blue Blood iv. 111 Eddie once worked as a ‘mutt’ for Western Union, delivering telegrams for three dollars a day or some such starvation wage. < as lemmas |
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