trimmigrant
trimmigrant noun: a migrant worker who comes into an area to find a job harvesting marijuana.
Noun
trimmigrant (plural trimmigrants)
- A migrant worker who comes into an area to find a job harvesting marijuana.
- Whether you support it or not, marijuana cultivation has become increasingly rooted in our local community and economy, bring boutique fertilizer stores, cheap weed and a fall migration of slightly disheveled "trimmigrants" to our area.2013, Jacob Shockey, "Poisoned marijuana grows are silencing our forests", Applegater (Applegate Valley, Oregon), Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 2013, page 20
- Based on previous experience, Nevada City was braced for a massive influx of so-called “trimmigrants” when the marijuana harvest season started.2014 November 8, Dave Brooksher, “Trimmigrants moving on faster than expected”, in The Union, California
Forms of trimmigrant
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Origin of trimmigrant
Blend of trim + immigrant.
Questions about trimmigrant
- What does trimmigrant mean?
- Trimmigrant means a migrant worker who comes into an area to find a job harvesting marijuana.
- What part of speech is trimmigrant?
- Trimmigrant is a noun.
- What is the plural of trimmigrant?
- The plural of trimmigrant is trimmigrants.
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