field hand

noun

1. a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of field hand¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

President Charles Lindbergh sets up an "Office of American Absorption," aimed at mainstreaming Jewish kids by sending them into the heartland as field hands and day laborers.

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Another problem caused by the fire is the loss of wages for field hands in Ventura County’s fruit and vegetable farms.

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He said he had little trouble finding field hands, including migrants who move from farm to farm with each season.

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“My first memory of her cooking her fried chicken was seeing my grandfather and the paid field hands walking up out of the tobacco fields midday hot and sweaty,” reads the submission.

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Bakersfield sees itself that way too, a place of battering and renewal; a town of Merle Haggard songs, passing trains and the muddy boots of field hands.

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