tenant farmer

Example Sentences

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The son of a tenant farmer, Walker and his family worried that an injury in his senior year could jeopardize his professional career and the millions of dollars awaiting him there.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2022

Meg Morrison is a tenant farmer near Newmachar.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2022

In April 1930, as the Great Depression descended, a White tenant farmer named Drew Farlow hired George Hughes to work his rented farm in Luella, about seven miles from Sherman.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2021

When Hammerstein’s tenant farmer in Pennsylvania asked for a pair for his son’s wedding, the lyricist responded, “When’s the wedding?”

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2018

So she would be a tenant farmer after all?

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata