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Partnering

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In the cotton-spinning trade, the practice of allowing only one piecer to every two spinners (thus, in effect, making them partners), favored by the employers but condemned and resisted by the trade-unions, which insist on two piecers to each spinner. Also called joining. [Trade-union cant.]
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  • verb. Present participle of partner.
  • Word Usage
    "And the gatekeepers know him better in partnering with him to defraud us more drawing from his vast expertise in LEGAL FLEECING."
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