poor farmer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandfarmer
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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farmer
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɑː.mər/us/ˈfɑːr.mɚ/
someone who owns or takes care of ...
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(Definition ofpoorandfarmerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The low-technology scenario mimics the situation of apoorfarmerwho never adopts modern technologies.
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Apoorfarmerwas characterized as one who had minimum diversification on his farm, mainly growing maize and beans.
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The funeral of an important person differed from the funeral of apoorfarmer.
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All through the centuries thepoorfarmerhas starved when there was a good harvest.
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The old adage that one never sees apoorfarmeris turned the other way.
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Because of hypotheses and conjectures as to what would happen to thepoorfarmer.
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Thepoorfarmer, therefore, cannot get anything in any circumstances.
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Thepoorfarmerand the poor labourer is giving of his little for the maintenance of what he holds dear.
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I cannot imagine anypoorfarmeror miller having the mental capacity to see what it means.
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Some of us breed foxes and pursue them and then say that we do it for the satisfaction of thepoorfarmer.
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Therefore, that is not much of a safeguard for thepoorfarmerwhose gate is left open and whose valuable cattle may stray.
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Thepoorfarmerhas to pay more for his motor car because of these duties.
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What happens to thepoorfarmerwhen the whole of his herd has to go, too?
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Increased emphasis is being placed on the development of new technologies suited to thepoorfarmer.
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So far, thepoorfarmerhas paid a heavy price in falling income.
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People say that they have never seen apoorfarmer.
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Thepoorfarmerwho might be threatened must know that he will be compensated.
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In such a case what is thepoorfarmerto do?
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So thepoorfarmeris really devoid of any remedy.
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That is one of the things that bites thepoorfarmer.
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