hired hand

  • 1hired hand — [ ,haırd hænd ] noun count someone who is hired to work on a farm, especially for a short period of time …

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  • 2hired hand — index employee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3hired hand — n someone who is employed to help on a farm …

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  • 4hired hand — noun a hired laborer on a farm or ranch the hired hand fixed the railing a ranch hand • Syn: ↑hand, ↑hired man • Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑labourer, ↑ …

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  • 5hired hand — UK [ˌhaɪə(r)d ˈhænd] / US [ˌhaɪrd ˈhænd] noun [countable] Word forms hired hand : singular hired hand plural hired hands someone who is hired to work on a farm, especially for a short period of time …

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  • 6hired hand — 1. a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand. 2. an employee. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 7hired hand — /haɪəd ˈhænd/ (say huyuhd hand) noun (mildly derogatory) an employee. {originally US (1810s) with reference to a free man engaged as a labourer for payment} …

  • 8hired hand — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is employed by another: employee, hireling, jobholder, worker. Informal: hire. See OVER, WORK …

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  • 9hired hand — noun (C) AmE someone who is employed to help on a farm …

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  • 10The Hired Hand — Infobox Film name = The Hired Hand caption = director = Peter Fonda producer = William Hayward Stanley A. Weiss (Executive Producer) writer = Alan Sharp starring = Peter Fonda Warren Oates Verna Bloom music = Bruce Langhorne cinematography =… …

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