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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Truck Act
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(1831) The first of several acts of parliament preventing the abuse by which factory owners paid their workers with 'truck' (goods instead of cash) or with tokens to be used in a specified shop (the 'tommy shop'). The acts made it illegal to pay wages for manual labour in anything other than currency of the realm. An amendment of 1960 allowed for payment by cheque or into a bank account.
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