hired hand
a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
an employee.
Origin of hired hand
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How to use hired hand in a sentence
During The Simple Life era, Paris Hilton was the talk of the insta-celebrity world—and Kim was just her hired hand.
Kim Kardashian’s Days as Paris Hilton’s Lowly Assistant | Amy Zimmerman | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a hired hand merely, and he and a son of the owner, without other assistance, made the trip.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln | John G. NicolayHarkey's hired hand went home with Dade Walker who considered that walk the pleasant finish to a very interesting day's work.
Other Main-Travelled Roads | Hamlin GarlandSteve was Ridings' hired hand, a herculean fellow, with a drawl, and a liability for taking offence quite as remarkable.
The Arena | VariousTo guide a team for a few minutes as an experiment was one thing—to plow all day like a hired hand was another.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin Garland
I was not working as a visitor but as a hired hand, and doing my full day's work and more.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin Garland
Other Idioms and Phrases with hired hand
Also, hired man or girl. A person engaged to assist with farm or domestic chores, as in We need extra hired hands during the harvest, or She was looking for a hired girl to do the laundry. This use of hired dates from the 1200s and referred to someone employed for wages as opposed to a slave or serf. The use of girl now may be offensive.
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