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field hand en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (US) An outdoor worker on a farm, plantation, or ranch.
    • A good weekly wage for a field hand on a banana plantation is $3. 1938 August 8, “Excitement in Jamaica”, in Time:
    • My mother was hired out to a Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve miles from old master's, and, being a field hand, she seldom had leisure, by day, for the performance of the journey. 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:

Forms

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field hands Number=Plur lexicographic
fieldhand alternative lexicographic

Relateds

hired hand · ranchhand · fieldwork