canecutter
English
Etymology
cane + cutter
Noun
canecutter (plural canecutters)
- A person employed to harvest sugar cane.
- 1981, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, The Economy of Socialist Cuba: A Two-decade Appraisal (page 62)
- 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.
- 1964, Favourite Australian Bush Songs (page 137)
- This mournful melody from Queensland tells of the woes and misfortunes of early canecutters.
- 1981, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, The Economy of Socialist Cuba: A Two-decade Appraisal (page 62)