单词 | potato-picker |
释义 | > as lemmaspotato-picker potato-picker n. ΚΠ 1846 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 16 Jan. 5/2 O'Connell could not now agitate a potato-picker, and the entire batch of conspirators are as much extinguished as if they were at the bottom of the bog of Allen. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Oct. 6/3 In the Long Sutton District..the potato-pickers have struck work for an increase of pay. 1926 Econ. Geogr. 2 203 (caption) Wagons awaiting the arrival of potato-pickers who invade the tip of the Peninsula for the potato harvest labor. 2002 Cheshire Life Aug. 182/1 Between the First and Second World Wars, gangs of Irish potato-pickers would arrive in the village and work with the local women, picking and bagging potatoes. < as lemmas |
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