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field hands

field hands is the plural of field hand.

Meaning of field hand

Noun

field hand (plural field hands)

  1. (US) An outdoor worker on a farm, plantation, or ranch.
    • My mother was hired out to a Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve miles from old master's, and, being a field hand, she seldom had leisure, by day, for the performance of the journey.1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC

Questions about field hands

What is field hands the plural of?
Field hands is the plural of field hand.

Words near field hands in the dictionary

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  10. field hockey player
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