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shop floor

 noun
     
Related topics: Factories
shop floor [singular]
1TIF the area in a factory where the ordinary workers do their work
on the shop floor
The chairwoman started her working life on the shop floor.
2 the ordinary workers in a factory, not the managers:
negotiations between the shop floor and management
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