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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A work stoppage in which the workers refuse to leave their place of employment until their demands are considered or met. Also called sit-down strike.
- n. An obstruction of normal activity by the act of a large group sitting down in public to express a grievance or protest.
- n. Informal An act, instance, or period of sitting.
- n. Informal A meal for people seated at a table.
- adj. Performed or accomplished while sitting down: a sit-down discussion; a sit-down protest.
- adj. Intended for people seated at a table: a sit-down dinner for 12.
Wiktionary
- adj. Intended to be done while sitting.
- n. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
- n. A meal formal enough to have everyone sitting at once.
- n. An event that occurs with people sitting.
- n. A semi-formal talk, normally between a small number of people.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
Examples
“McClure calls his sit-down experience at El Comedor a week earlier "like winning the lottery.”
“McClure calls his sit-down experience at El Comedor a week earlier like winning the lottery.”
“Tomlin called the sit-down "good" while the normally tight-lipped Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion.”
“Annoyed by the abuse, especially as his father was born in England and played for Bolton Wanderers youth team, Hargreaves called a sit-down with certain reporters at the Lowry Hotel, Salford in 2002, during which he calmly listed all his achievements, including a winner's medal in the 2001 Champions League final.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Tomlin called the sit-down "good," while Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion, saying: "Obviously he's interested.”
“So impressed, in fact, that I would like you to join me in cabin B-14 so we can have a little sit-down before things get more unfriendly than they need to get.”
“The 43-day sit-down strike of December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937 took place only a mile from where I grew up.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1
“My mother was a special education teacher at Flint Northern and taught a year-long course on the sit-down strike of 1936-37.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1
“Arrangements have been made for a sit-down luncheon to follow the ceremony.”
“And so, our shotgun wedding, less than twelve hours in the making, turned into a confirmed fifty-guest affair, complete with a three-course sit-down luncheon, maids of honor, speeches, and gifts.”
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pterodactyl I find bilby quite striking indeed. It's those ears!
(See shaken baby syndrome, of all places.) Mar 25, 2009
bilby I'm striking for the rights of celery. Mar 25, 2009
dontcry ...so he's not going to finish us off, just strike us a bit? Mar 25, 2009
chained_bear ... so bilby's striking instead of killing us? Mar 24, 2009
nuxiy When there is a problem between gangsters in Sopranos, they have a "sit-down" to try and solve the problem.
... Instead of just killing eachother. Mar 24, 2009
chained_bear As this is a kind of strike, what are you striking for? Mar 24, 2009
bilby *sits*
I am scrupulously well-behaved.
Mar 24, 2009