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单词 cottage industry
释义

cottage industry


noun

the production, for sale, of goods at home, as the making of handicrafts by rural families.
any small-scale, loosely organized industry.

Origin of cottage industry

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby cottage industry

cottage country, cottage flat, cottage fries, Cottage Grove, cottage hospital, cottage industry, cottage loaf, cottage piano, cottage pie, cottage pudding, cottager
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Example sentences from the Web for cottage industry

  • And individuals can make their own solar cookers easily, or start a cottage-industry to manufacture them for others.

    The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler|Steven E. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for cottage industry

cottage industry

noun

an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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