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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Hi everybody,
What is the meaning of to be more forgiving than the big outfits?
The whole para reads as follows:
"Small -scale shops, usually only a single shift crew and a foreman.
Doesn't pay as well as the big shops and you get no health insurance.
But if you have failed enough drug tests the dog holes(mines) tend to be more forgiving than the outfits.Nice fallback."
Thanks
  

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In your question you refer to "the big outfits" but in the text you have "the outfits". From the original text, which I found on the Internet, it seems that the word "big" should be included. This is fairly important to the meaning.

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  • In your question you refer to "the big outfits" but in the text you have "the outfits".
  • From the original text, which I found on the Internet, it seems that the word "big" should be included.
  • This is fairly important to the meaning.
  • In this context "outfits" means "mining companies".
  • The small companies are more tolerant of employees failing drug tests.
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In your question you refer to "the big outfits" but in the text you have "the outfits". From the original text, which I found on the Internet, it seems that the word "big" should be included. This is fairly important to the meaning.

In this context "outfits" means "mining companies". The small companies are more tolerant of employees failing drug tests.
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Thanks for the reply and reminding me of the typing mistake.Based on the reply provided can I take it that the dog holes means the small companies.and perhaps the small-scale shops?
Thanks
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As far as I can tell, "dog holes" is a derogatory name for small mines. As far as I can tell, "small-scale shops" also refers to small mining operations.
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The small-scale shops and the small companies are the same thing.
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