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hired hand in American Englishnoun1. a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand Word origin [1810–20, Amer.]Examples of 'hired hand' in a sentencehired hand Ainslie was not content with being a hired hand, however.He describes himself as a hired hand, riding into town to deal with the problems.This, however, was not the most salutary of my experiences masquerading as a debt collector's hired hand.Wright finished the album and continued to perform live with the band as a hired hand on a fixed wage.Several years ago he received the call as a hired hand, but he did not spar with the champion.That mentality was based on the manager as a temporary hired hand with little influence on long-term policy. |