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trimmigrant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Blend of trim + immigrant.

Meanings

1. (US, slang) A migrant worker who comes into an area to find a job harvesting marijuana.
   • If there is full legalization in California, the poor Bohemians making $200-400 day trimming buds in Humbolt County will be earning $10 an hour, if that. I have a trimmigrant relative who makes that kind of money working basically half-days. 2014 December 31, jbeattie, “Re: Stuck seatpost - a new idea?”, in rec.bicycles.tech (Usenet):
   • Whether you support it or not, marijuana cultivation has become increasingly rooted in our local community and economy, bring boutique fertilizer stores, cheap weed and a fall migration of slightly disheveled "trimmigrants" to our area. 2013, Jacob Shockey, "Poisoned marijuana grows are silencing our forests", Applegater (Applegate Valley, Oregon), Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 2013, page 20
   • Based on previous experience, Nevada City was braced for a massive influx of so-called “trimmigrants” when the marijuana harvest season started. 2014 November 8, Dave Brooksher, “Trimmigrants moving on faster than expected”, in The Union, California:

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