Cottage-industry
noun
1.
the production, for sale, of goods at home, as the making of handicrafts by rural families.
2.
any small-scale, loosely organized industry.
noun
1.
an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment
noun phrase
[1920s+; based on the name given to the system of having piecework done at home, rather than in factories, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution]
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[kot-i-jer] /ˈkɒt ɪ dʒər/ noun 1. a person who lives in a . 2. Also, cotter, cottier [kot-ee-er] /ˈkɒt i ər/ (Show IPA). British. a rural worker; a laborer on a farm or in a small village. 3. a person having a private house at a vacation resort. /ˈkɒtɪdʒə/ noun 1. a person who lives […]