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day hand

day hand is the alternative form of dayhand.

Meaning of dayhand

Noun

dayhand (plural dayhands)

  1. A general laborer hired and paid on a daily basis, rather than through a long-term contract or a set salary.
    • I think, for most kinds of business, ten hours per day should constitute a day's work. My day hands do not average much more than nine hours.1870, Massachusetts. Bureau of Statistics of Labor., “STATISTICS OP LAB”, in Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor (1870), page 224

Forms of day hand

pluralday hands

Questions about day hand

What is day hand the alternative form of?
Day hand is the alternative form of dayhand.

Words near day hand in the dictionary

  1. day game
  2. day gecko
  3. day geckoes
  4. day geckos
  5. day gone by
  6. day hand
  7. day in and day out
  8. day in court
  9. day in the sun
  10. day in, day out
  11. day job

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