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hired hand

noun

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  1. A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm…

    A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.

    • [H]e was numbered among the missing after the Brandywine battle, and presently turned up as a hired hand on the Barton farm.
    • I rented th' back five-acre to John Westfall. I had more'n I could handle with only one hired hand.
    • The Krikavas' farm was auctioned off in pieces. . . . Kevin Krikava, 29, now works as a hired hand on another farm.

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