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hired hand
noun
a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
an employee.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hired hand1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Even as fire turned Santa Monica an apocalyptic shade of orange, hired hands went about their business as if it were just another day on the job.
Mina also wrote a tongue-in-cheek subplot involving the inner workings of an artistic estate — her way of nodding at the ambitious one of which she became a hired hand.
As liner notes began listing personnel, their skills cultivated fan bases and they came to be seen less as reliable hired hands than specialized, sought-after artists.
Sandi defends himself against the hired hands sent to kill him, such as Ramon — a psychotic barber armed with stainless steel shears — with only a bolas as his weapon.
Today, many farmers still oppose DST because it is generally disruptive, such as in dairying, and prefer they and their hired hands work more in the cooler morning hours than the hotter late-day hours.
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