truck farmer
Example Sentences
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Umakichi was a truck farmer, and after the farm’s produce had been packed, he would drive to the Los Angeles farmer’s market to sell it.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2020
A circa-1900 Chicago teacher marries a Dutch truck farmer and raises a son.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2020
The son of a truck farmer, he "backed into deaning" after flying for the Marines in World War I, trying the textile business and teaching economics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son of a poor Pennsylvania Dutch truck farmer, he got his schooling in one-room schoolhouses, spent his free time stoking stoves and cleaning blackboards for $5 a month to help the family get by.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a moment he was willing to believe that Cap'n Abernethy was nothing but a Long Island truck farmer, and NOT of a seafaring family at all.
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Marquis, Don
