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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.


cottage industry

noun

  1. an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cottage industry1

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

The cottage industry of habit-formation apps has tapped into different aspects of the psychology of habits in order to motivate users — whether that’s in the form of reminders, accountability, streaks, or coaching.

From Vox

Yet it spawned a cottage industry of books, conventions, and TV shows, ­including the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens, which premiered in 2010 and is one of the network’s most popular programs.

Grayscale has carved out a fabulous cottage industry by creating ETF-like products that let investors gain exposure to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies through the stock market.

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That segment of the industry has grown, but back then it was just a cottage industry.

From Fortune

It is February in Sherman Oaks, a suburban neighborhood in California’s San Fernando Valley now home to a thriving cottage industry of beautiful young people trying to get famous online.

From Vox

Nevertheless, a cottage industry has grown up around the case.

How Bill Simmons and company have turned NFL indignation into a cozy little cottage industry.

Pedometers and the cottage industry of smartphone-friendly wearable trackers are great for encouraging a more activity lifestyle.

Ailes disparaged it by saying that it was part of “the cottage industry” dedicated to attacking him and Fox.

There is a cottage industry of declinists, but they have vastly overstated their case.

And individuals can make their own solar cookers easily, or start a cottage-industry to manufacture them for others.

Out in the country again, going westwards, the cottage industry of weaving is apparent in nearly every cottage one sees.

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