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factory farming
a system for producing eggs, meat, and milk quickly and cheaply by keeping animals in small closed areas and giving them food which makes them grow quickly They've launched a campaign against the abuses of factory farming. (mainly British)
See also: farm

on the factory floor 

1. if someone works on the factory floor, they are one of the ordinary people who work in a factory He spent five years on the factory floor before being promoted to supervisor.
2. in the part of a factory where goods are produced The problem was only discovered when the system was tested on the factory floor.
See also: floor


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