noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cake decorating is something of a cottage industry around here.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cottage industry has even sprung up among companies that provide information about other people seeking information.
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A small cottage industry of biotechnology firms has sprung up to investigate this, using a variety of methods.
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Embroidery remains largely a cottage industry with thousands of girls and women employed as outworkers.
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Industry experts say this booming cottage industry now accounts for about a quarter of the X-rated video market.
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Their manufacture is a cottage industry run by people on the fringes of society.
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Today whole family groups Produce basketwork at home in what is very much a cottage industry .