Stoopwork
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stoopwork is a noun meaning Unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.
Meaning
Unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.
Example Sentences
To be a farmer meant to do stoopwork and cultivating in ninety-degree heat, side by side with black croppers.
The growers of California and the Southwest say they need the greencarder to do the stoopwork, but they refuse to pay the wages and grant the conditions which would allow us to work in dignity.
For some work such as grape picking, beet thinning, and the raising of vegetables and berries, the Japanese have been regarded as physically well adapted to the "stoopwork," as they are short of stature and endure the extreme heat found in a few localities better than most other races.
Word Forms
- stoop work
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stoop, stooping, stepstool, stooker, spadework, stoper.
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