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Meanings of do piecework in English

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Usage of do piecework in English
1
There she would do piecework for the garment trade by the hour.
New york: the novel
2
There, she and Anna would take turns to do piecework by the hour.
New york: the novel
3
I do n't do piecework.
The stand
4
He does n't work for me, but he occasionally does piecework for me.
A Brewing Storm
5
But one of our classmates owned the factory where Andre's mother did piecework.
Ebony
6
Buy yourself a machine and start doing piecework from home.
For the love of mike
7
Tillie seemed the only girl on our floor doing piecework.
Working With the Working Woman
8
His father does piecework for a fittings company.
Empty mile
9
The wood-sawing was done piecework.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
10
His grandfather, who lived a few blocks away, was a sewer in the garment trade, doing piecework out of his house.
Outliers: the story of success
11
They did piecework-somuch per fathom, and were constitutionally, he admitted, a bit more particular as to the so much than as to the fathom.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
12
She makes 500 yuan (£33) a month doing piecework -hammering the soles of shoes into place on her kitchen table.
The Guardian
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