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dirt farmer

NOUN
subsistence farmer
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Moyers was born June 5, 1934 in Hugo, Okla., the son of a dirt farmer and day laborer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2025

One might think that local popular outrage toward outsiders would tilt the balance in favor of Jon Tester, who started out as a dirt farmer from Big Sandy.

From Slate Nov. 3, 2024

The rural dirt farmer versus the decorated Navy SEAL.

From New York Times May 17, 2024

“I’m just a dirt farmer trying to do what’s right for the people in my state and across the country.”

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2023

After the deaths of her parents she’d lived almost like a prisoner in the rat-infested attic of a dirt farmer named Jeremy Carton.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper



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