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hired hands

hired hands is the plural of hired hand.

Meaning of hired hand

Noun

hired hand (plural hired hands)

  1. A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.
    • [H]e was numbered among the missing after the Brandywine battle, and presently turned up as a hired hand on the Barton farm.1866, Bayard Taylor, chapter 1, in The Story of Kennett

Questions about hired hands

What is hired hands the plural of?
Hired hands is the plural of hired hand.

Words near hired hands in the dictionary

  1. hireage
  2. hired
  3. hired gun
  4. hired guns
  5. hired hand
  6. hired hands
  7. hired muscle
  8. hired muscles
  9. hired out
  10. hiree
  11. hirees

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