| 单词 | cane cutter |
| 释义 | > as lemmascane cutter cane cutter n. (a) a person who reaps or cuts up sugar cane; (b) a machine or blade used for reaping or cutting up sugar cane. ΚΠ 1830 J. Stephen Slavery Brit. W. India Colonies Delineated II. ii. v. 180 The bustle of our reapers in the corn harvest..is not so great, as that of the cane cutters. 1843 J. P. Bryan U.S. Patent 3158 I..have invented a new and useful Machine for Cutting Sugar-Cane with Horse-Power, called ‘Bryan's Patent Cane-Cutter’. 1905 Riots in Georgetown 20 On Friday morning, he said, the cane cutters..went aback to work. 1976 Maclean's 6 Sept. 51/2 Zulu mobs rampaged through Soweto armed with pangas (cane cutters), axes, spears, and knives. 2005 Independent 23 Nov. 29/5 Dhaneswaree Soowambhur..feeds her family of four from her $100 monthly wage as a cane cutter. < as lemmas |
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