rate-buster
slang (originally and chiefly US )
noun
A pieceworker whose high productivity causes or threatens to cause a reduction in rates of pay for piecework.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Ogden (Utah) Standard.
- polyphenol oxidase
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