Factory Worker Keywords Flashcards
1
Q
Trappers
A
Children were called trappers because the opened and closed doors in the tunnels.
2
Q
Tuberculosis
A
A disease caused by damp conditions
3
Q
Typhoid
A
A disease caused by drinking dirty water and using it for cooking.
4
Q
Piercer
A
A child who had to lean over the spinning-machine to repair the broken threads
5
Q
Miners lung
A
It was what the miners got because of the dust in the mines.
6
Q
Coarves
A
They were carts filled with coal
7
Q
Drawers
A
Women worked as drawers
