farm labourer
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffarmandlabourer
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farm
noun[C]
uk/fɑːm/us/fɑːrm/
an area of land, together with a house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as ...
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labourer
noun[C]
uk/ˈleɪ.bər.ər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɚ/
a person who does unskilled physical work, ...
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(Definition offarmandlabourerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The highly trainedfarmlabourerof 20 years ago is not the highly trainedfarmlabourerof to-day.
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Take the case of afarmlabourer.
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But thefarmlabourercould not strike.
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Thefarmlabourerwas in precisely the same position.
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I was afarmlaboureronce myself, by the way.
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There is no such thing as afarmlabourer.
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I started my working life as afarmlabourer.
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Is thefarmlabourera munition worker or not?
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What is the position of thefarmlabourerto-day?
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For example, if a man happens to be afarmlabourer, he can go on being afarmlaboureruntil he is almost blind.
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Five occupational categories were used: professional and business executive, clerical and sales worker, farmer andfarmlabourer, skilled worker and unskilled worker.
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A candidate was described as a "farmlabourer", "gentleman"or"gentleman retired".
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Nofarmlabourercan find sufficient money to purchase his holding.
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To-day unemployment hangs over thefarmlabourerlike a great cloud.
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It is time thefarmlabourerwas looked upon as the most skilled in any industry.
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That will be taken in the country generally as the minimum wage for afarmlabourer.
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It will cost the fanner very little and will mean much to thefarmlabourer.
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And putting them under afarmlabourerand working them in a gang?
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I speak from some little experience, at any rate, as afarmlabourer.
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If he did, what would become of thefarmlabourerof the countryside.
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As a species, thefarmlabourerhas almost gone out of existence.
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The wage that thefarmlabourergets is a national disgrace.
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Thefarmlaboureris ridiculously paid in view of his skill.
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A bun is not a meal, not for afarmlabourer, at any rate.
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Thefarmlabourermay think so, but it is for him to say.
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