| 单词 | suitcase farmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuitcase farmer suitcase farmer n. North American (esp. on the Great Plains) a farmer who owns or rents farmland that he or she does not live on permanently, instead visiting it when there is work to be done or overseen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > part-time resident farmer suitcase farmer1921 1921 Nebraska State Jrnl. 21 Feb. 4/5 Suitcase farmers, they are called in western Nebraska; men who invest in a tractor outfit, lease a few hundred acres of land, plow and seed to wheat. If June is a wet month they make a killing in their speculation. 1956 Sat. Night (Toronto) 13 Oct. 15/1 The wheat-marketing problem means the end of the ‘suitcase farmer’, who has been accustomed to spend only a few weeks on his land each spring and summer for seeding and harvesting. 2005 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 2 Jan. a7/1 These farmers and so-called suitcase farmers that accept that welfare check from the government should hold their heads in shame. < as lemmas |
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