hired hand

Example Sentences

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“You have to be a hired hand to do those things,” Tarantino says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2022

There was one time, however, when Mr. Watts famously chafed at being treated like a hired hand rather than an equal member of the group.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2021

Ravenholt grew up speaking Danish and worked as a hired hand on neighboring farms while the family lived in rentals until they could afford another property.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2020

He began his career as a hired hand, providing cartoons and illustrations for magazines, ads, and other people’s books.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2019

But the Shibayamas were owners of a respectable house, and it seemed to them that Fujiko, the daughter in question, could do better than to marry a hired hand in America.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson