英语词汇“half hand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

half hand n. U.S. (now historical) an agricultural labourer (esp. one who is enslaved) who is allotted half the full or normal amount of labour on a plantation.

1833 G. R. Porter Tropical Agriculturist 40 In the practical operation of this system some negroes are considered as being full hands, others as three-quarter hands, others again as half hands, and the young and the feeble as only quarter hands.

1864 W. Sweet Let. 7 Dec. in J. H. Easterby S. Carolina Rice Plantation 319 Women turning land 6 men 8 half hands cuting and flating wood.

1997 Jrnl. Women's Hist Spring 22 Freedwomen's..intent to decrease the amount of agricultural labor they performed for planters was demonstrated by contracting not as prime or full hands, but as three-quarter or half hands.

单词	half hand
释义	> as lemmas half hand half hand n. U.S. (now historical) an agricultural labourer (esp. one who is enslaved) who is allotted half the full or normal amount of labour on a plantation. Π 1833 G. R. Porter Tropical Agriculturist 40 In the practical operation of this system some negroes are considered as being full hands, others as three-quarter hands, others again as half hands, and the young and the feeble as only quarter hands. 1864 W. Sweet Let. 7 Dec. in J. H. Easterby S. Carolina Rice Plantation 319 Women turning land 6 men 8 half hands cuting and flating wood. 1997 Jrnl. Women's Hist Spring 22 Freedwomen's..intent to decrease the amount of agricultural labor they performed for planters was demonstrated by contracting not as prime or full hands, but as three-quarter or half hands. extracted from halfadj. < as lemmas
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