migratory farm worker
1worker — worker, workman, workingman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, hand, operative, roustabout can all mean one who earns his living by labor, especially by manual labor. Worker, the most comprehensive and least specific of these …
2United Farm Workers — UFW redirects here. For the GNU/Linux firewall software, see Uncomplicated Firewall. UFWA Full name United Farm Workers of America Founded 1962 Current affiliation date ballsac Country …
3Migrant worker — Migrant workers in California, 1935 Legal status of persons Concepts …
4Committee on Migratory Labor — On August 26, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed an Interdepartmental Committee on Migratory Labor consisting of the Secretaries of Labor; Agriculture; Health, Education, and Welfare; Interior; and the Administrator of the Housing and …
5migrant worker — Migrant Mi grant, n. 1. A migratory bird, person, or other animal. 2. A person who changes residence frequently in search of employment, especially farm labor, such as harvesting crops seasonally; also called {migrant laborer} or {migrant worker} …
6Oakie — migratory farm worker or sharecropper from Oklahoma …
7Spalpeen — A spalpeen is a late 18th century term denoting a poor migratory farm worker in Ireland. Spalpeen comes from the Irish word spailpin. Also, a spalpeen is viewed as a rascal or mischievous and cunning person. Also, it is an Irish term for a good… …
8spalpeen — noun /spalˈpiːn/ a) A poor migratory farm worker in Ireland, often viewed as a rascal or mischievous and cunning person. b) A good for nothing person, often used so named during a good humored …
9spalpeen — [spal pi:n] noun Irish a rascal. Origin C18 (denoting a migratory farm worker): from Ir. spailpín, of unknown origin …
10Ar|kie — «AHR kee», noun. U.S. Informal. a migratory farm worker from Arkansas: »... the “Okies” and “Arkies” in the orchards and vegetable fields of California (White and Renner). ╂[American English] …
