farm hand

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noun

a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.

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Origin of farm hand

First recorded in 1835–45

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How to use farm hand in a sentence

It was ugly, cantankerous, simple enough for any farmhand to understand and fix, and indomitable.
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Henry Ford|Richard Snow|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My father was placed as a farmhand in exchange for room and board.
My Father, The Inglourious Basterd|Kim Masters|August 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Then it is sung softly like the farmhand quartettes do in the rural melodrama outside the old homestead in harvest time.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
He had always worked as a farmhand, and had acquired but little in the way of an education.
The Land of Lure|Elliott Smith

A whiskey-crazed farmhand is walking bare footed up and down the middle of the road defying the world.
A Son of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland
But Pete, jewel of a farmhand though he was, possessed one serious flaw: he would have a periodical spree.
Doctor Jones' Picnic|S. E. Chapman
He knew the love of the people of The Place for Lad, and he wondered at this invitation to a farmhand to thrash the dog publicly.
Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune

British Dictionary definitions for farm hand

farm hand

noun

a person who is hired to work on a farm

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