He was supported by his father who had risen in a very short time from a factory hand to a wealthy man.
He was the second of four children born to a factory hand and his wife.
During the war, he did casual work as a librarian and a factory hand.
Probably the factory hands had run some of their old cars so ragged that they weren't good enough to repair.
The skilled man could be replaced by the factory hand.
Many of the customers were office clerks and factory hands.
Two, a factory hand and his girl, had thrown themselves out of the window when they came to fetch them.
She watched Genevieve go forward and meet the factory hands.
Then followed a difficult period in which she worked as a factory hand to support herself and the children.
At twelve o'clock all the factory hands had an hour off for dinner.