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- noun Plural form of
cloakmaker .
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Examples
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That July, another group of garment workers--over 60,000 cloakmakers, mostly men this time--went on strike.
Peter Dreier: The Fire Last Time Peter Dreier 2011
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The following year, as CUNY's Josh Freeman recounts, "a cloakmakers strike brought the 'Protocols of Peace,' an innovative agreement with the employers that solidified the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union and established a Joint Board of Sanitary Control to address the dangerous, unhealthy conditions that permeated the industry."
Eric Alterman: Think Again: Triangle at 100: Back to the Future? Eric Alterman 2011
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Goldman had participated in the 1890 cloakmakers 'strike and in the unemployment demonstrations in 1894.
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VON DREHLE: Well, it was along with the cloakmakers ` strike of 1910.
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Following the 1926 cloakmakers 'strike the GEB launched the third round of expulsions.
Revisiting American Communism: An Exchange Barrett, James R. 1985
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On the 3d of July, a mass meeting of 10,000 cloakmakers gathered in
Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915
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In the general strike of the cloakmakers in 1896 nearly all the manufacturers were
Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915
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A monster demonstration of striking cloakmakers and of the unemployed took place at Union Square, New York.
Anarchism and Other Essays Emma Goldman 1904
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Through constantly toiling in sweat shops, the fiery young orator was at the same time very active as an agitator and participated in various labor struggles, notably in the great cloakmakers 'strike, in 1889, led by Professor Garsyde and Joseph Barondess.
Anarchism and Other Essays Emma Goldman 1904
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On this Sunday morning the Frying Pan was alive with people, Jewish tailors and cloakmakers, who were enjoying a bit of needed rest.
Richard Dare's Venture Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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