| 单词 | stubble-jumper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstubble-jumper stubble-jumper n. slang (chiefly Canadian) a prairie farmer (see also quot. 1946). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > mountain or prairie farmer ridge runner1904 stubble-jumper1946 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > new or inexperienced cheechako1897 stubble-jumper1946 1946 California Folklore Q. Apr. 164 ‘Top hands’, ‘sodbusters’, ‘hay stopers’, ‘stubble jumpers’,..denote farmers who have turned to mining, and these terms are always opprobrious. 1961 Vancouver Sun 4 July 1/1 The prairie farmer, to those of us who don't know him well, is a stock comic character. Clod-hopper, we call him, and stubble-jumper. 1973 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Aug. 12/1 An authentic stubble-jumper from the prairies was looked upon as being at the very bottom rung of the social and employment ladder. < as lemmas |
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