Pieceworker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.

    "The lowliest of employees, piece workers were paid only for each bird or mammal they stuffed, or each fossil they prepared."

Example

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"The lowliest of employees, piece workers were paid only for each bird or mammal they stuffed, or each fossil they prepared."

Etymology

From piece + worker.

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