cattle-buyer
cattle-buyer noun: one who makes a living traveling to ranches and buying cattle on behalf of meatpackers.
Noun
cattle-buyer (plural cattle-buyers)
- One who makes a living traveling to ranches and buying cattle on behalf of meatpackers.
- It was not Johnny's fees but the drummers passing through with their lines of dry goods and notions, it was the occasional cattle-buyer who stopped for the night and took a meal—it was they who paid the bills.2009, Annie Proulx, Thomas Savage, The Power of the Dog
Forms of cattle-buyer
| plural | cattle-buyers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cattlebuyer |
Questions about cattle-buyer
- What does cattle-buyer mean?
- Cattle-buyer means one who makes a living traveling to ranches and buying cattle on behalf of meatpackers.
- What part of speech is cattle-buyer?
- Cattle-buyer is a noun.
- What is the plural of cattle-buyer?
- The plural of cattle-buyer is cattle-buyers.
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