Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

National Workshops

- The English name of “Ateliers nationaux,” established by the French provisional government in February, 1848, and which were abolished in three months, after a sanguinary contest.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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