hired hand

collocation in English

meaningsofhireandhand

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hire
noun
uk
/haɪər/us
/haɪr/
UK
an arrangement to use something by paying ...
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hand
noun
uk
/hænd/us
/hænd/
the part of the body at the end of the arm that is used for holding, moving, touching, and ...
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(Definition ofhireandhandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhired hand

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They are no longer content to accept the abject position of thehiredhand.
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They are therefore like a good teacher, but also a goodhiredhandbecause intelligence is not just needed for the network, but also for equipment, homes and cars.
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The driverless tractor would follow a lead tractor between fields just like ahiredhandwould.
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A one-story log bunkhouse is located behind the main house, with two rooms, one storage and the other a room for ahiredhand.
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Thehiredhandis not the shepherd who owns the sheep.
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In order to be allowed to stay, he offers his services simply as ahiredhand.
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The embittered woman will only let him stay if he agrees to move in as ahiredhand.
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He worked as ahiredhandto begin with, performing pioneer chores that formed the basis of a number of his works.
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Market runners frequently become involved in the trade as hired hands of resellers or importers.
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Skills were transmitted between generations and the need for hired hands was thereby reduced.
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Market-driven agriculture brought hired hands rather than family labor, rising land prices and tenancy rather than independent ownership, and greater economic risk, social stress, and class differences.
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The hired hands on the ranch were rodeo cowboys.
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As many as eight hired hands also lived on the island at times.
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Their parents were sharecroppers or hired hands on the large land tracts which survived from the earlier time.
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Whitney engaged in a series of trade expeditions, sometimes by himself but usually while employing hired hands as "voyageurs", freight haulers and clerks.
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