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stoopwork

stoopwork noun: unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.

Noun

stoopwork (uncountable)

  1. Unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.
    • For some work such as grape picking, beet thinning, and the raising of vegetables and berries, the Japanese have been regarded as physically well adapted to the "stoopwork," as they are short of stature and endure the extreme heat found in a few localities better than most other races.1911, United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910), Immigrants in industries, page 67
    • The growers of California and the Southwest say they need the greencarder to do the stoopwork, but they refuse to pay the wages and grant the conditions which would allow us to work in dignity.1968, El Malcriado: Voice of the Farm Worker

Forms of stoopwork

alternative formstoop work

Origin of stoopwork

From stoop + -work.

Questions about stoopwork

What does stoopwork mean?
Stoopwork means unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.
What part of speech is stoopwork?
Stoopwork is a noun.

Words near stoopwork in the dictionary

  1. stoopingly
  2. stoopings
  3. stoopless
  4. stoops
  5. stoopt
  6. stoopwork
  7. stoopy
  8. stoor
  9. stoor worm
  10. stoor worms
  11. stoored

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