Spanish practices
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Spanish practices pl (plural only)
- (UK) Irregular practices in favour of the workers at a place of work, which are implied, but not specified, in the work contract.
- 2011 July 27, Jon Henley, “Rupert Murdoch and the battle of Wapping: 25 years on”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Many in the newspaper business – including some who criticised Murdoch at the time – now concede that the end of Fleet Street's Spanish practices probably helped prolong the life of the British press by a good few decades.
Usage notes[edit]
- Some consider this to be a pejorative expression.