Canecutter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Canecutter is a noun meaning A person employed to harvest sugar cane.
Meaning
A person employed to harvest sugar cane.
More Meanings
- A machine for harvesting sugar cane.
Example Sentences
This mournful melody from Queensland tells of the woes and misfortunes of early canecutters.
Harvesting, before the arrival of the mechanical canecutter, was performed by large numbers of workers wielding long knives.
It was decided to calculate costs of voluntary labor beforehand to assure a "net” contribution to the harvest and that unions selected the most productive canecutters.
Word Forms
- canecutters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cutterman, breadcutter, cutter, sugarman, woodcutter, harvester.
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