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ploughperson en · NOUN

Etymology

From plough + person.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, no-plural, nonstandard) A person who operates a plough.
    • 2023, Ben Dupre, 50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know There are plenty of others who shake their heads in disbelief at the latest absurdity of the earnest and po-faced PC brigade: Christmas banned for fear of giving offence to non-Christians; a menu listing a 'ploughperson's lunch'; […]
    • Now, I recommend the cheese ploughman's. Or ploughperson's should we be calling it these days? 2010, Rachel Hore, A Place of Secrets:
    • Ten years from now (when you're a longer-living person) you may think nothing of asking for a ploughperson's lunch! This is the fascinating future. 2013, Terry Deary, Horrible Histories Special: Wicked Words: