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Turning to the interpreter, one of them, Nau-non-gee, remarked, "The white chiefs' wives are amusing themselves very much; it will not be long before they are hoeing in our corn-fields!"

From Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest by Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill

Jarvis and Bob are hoeing potatoes over there in the field.

From Strawberry Acres by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

If you want to understand why, go and ensconce yourself behind a hedge, out of sight but in view of a field in which ten or twelve women are hoeing.

From The Toilers of the Field by Jefferies, Richard

Magnificent farms line the road; at short intervals appear large well-kept vineyards, in which gangs of Chinese coolies are hoeing and pulling weeds, and otherwise keeping trim.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

I don't propose to live like a bondholder while other fellows are hoeing.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice