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cane cutter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A worker who harvests sugar cane on a sugar plantation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1838, Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837, London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., Chapter 3, “Antigua,” p. 46, [...] if the supply of canes slackened at the mill, the field driver was flogged for not flogging the cane cutters.

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