hired hand en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.
I rented th' back five-acre to John Westfall. I had more'n I could handle with only one hired hand.
1896, Stephen Crane, chapter 2, in The Third Violet:The Krikavas' farm was auctioned off in pieces. . . . Kevin Krikava, 29, now works as a hired hand on another farm.
1990 July 20, Dirk Johnson, “A Farmer, 70, Saw No Choice; Nor Did the Sentencing Judge”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Nov 2011:[H]e was numbered among the missing after the Brandywine battle, and presently turned up as a hired hand on the Barton farm.
1866, Bayard Taylor, chapter 1, in The Story of Kennett:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hired hands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
factotum · right-hand man · right-hand woman · right hand · man Friday · hiree · girl Friday · gal Friday
Translations (3)
pl wyrobnica (person employed to perform routine chores and manual labor) · pl wyrobnik (person employed to perform routine chores and manual labor) · km កម្មករ (person employed to perform routine chores and manual labor)