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单词 farmhand
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Examples from literature
  • But one day a spy, who did work disguised as a farmhand, was discovered.
  • Every day, at noon, fifteen persons, masters, farmhands and the women folks, seated themselves around the long kitchen table where the soup was brought in steaming in a large, blue-flowered bowl.
  • George Wilson had last been heard of, twenty years before, as a farmhand, in Illinois, and his whereabouts were at this time unknown.
  • He was wearing a slouch hat, instead of his beloved silk one, and was attired in shabby garments, as befitted his character of a farmhand.
  • The two Russians made good farmhands, and in summer they worked out together.

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farmhand
Here are words peculiar to baseball, as well as ordinary words (spitter, receiver,farmhand) the special definitions of which won't be found in most dictionaries.
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These were often only employed in the summer, while farmhands were employed on a yearly basis.
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The next most prevalent occupational category among male criminals (group 6b) includes farmhands (drangar) and cottagers (torpare).
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He became a sailor and after that he worked as afarmhandin a village nearby.
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On larger farms there could be several farmhands with roughly the same tasks, status and wages as second farmhands.
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A few worked as farmhands, but most of the old male migrants were workers or artisans.
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By doing this he won the coveted place and became the firstfarmhandfor the year.
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Therefore, the reports in the wedding register that some were farmhands or maids when they married have been used in this study.
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Brides and farmhands often moved short distances within local systems.
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In their early teens, young people generally left home and worked as farmhands or maids in other households.
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On large and middle-sized farms, maids were given a special maids' room in the main house, while farmhands had a room connected to the stable.
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The firstfarmhandwas the oldest and most qualified.
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Forcing afarmhandto return to work was not regarded as desirable, even if lawful means were available.
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On small farms of about 10 to 15 acres and a pair of horses/oxen, the need was generally for just one maid andfarmhand.
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The servant's age and work recommendations from a previous employer were good indications of the suitability of a maid orfarmhand.
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