Sentence examples for for field hands from inspiring English sources

"I'm lookin' for field hands," Pappy said.

Indeed, folk music has traditionally served as an outlet for native discontent, often expressed in coded language (the boll weevil stands in for field hands, the farmer's son is the government).

** Indeed, folk music has traditionally served as an outlet for native discontent, often expressed in coded language (the boll weevil stands in for field hands, the farmer's son is the government).

For instance, the technology that allows farmers to be more productive could also result in lost jobs for field hands.

This, together with a ready supply of new immigrants willing to work at low wages, keeps real wages for farm workers from rising when the demand for field hands increases.

One day a customer sketched a figure of a field worker on a menu and captioned it, "El Cholo," Spanish slang for field hand.

One day a customer sketched a figure of a field worker on a menu and captioned it "El Cholo," Spanish slang for field hand.

Corn also had higher yields than millet where soil and water were sufficient, which increased food production and partly compensated for the loss of field hands to the slavers.

Here every element is poorly thought out, from the vague, cavernous set, the sound design (which includes the singing of field hands off stage for a tacky, Song Of The South touch) and actors who by and large have no focus or purpose.

Her five brothers all got some education in one-room country schools, she told me, but she didn't get to go a single day because her father kept her home to cook for the field hands.

For the hardy field hands who endured months in the sun swinging machetes or moved nimbly in the roaring mills, this is no mere downsizing.