as in homesteader
a farmer especially in the southern U.S. who raises crops for the owner of a piece of land and is paid a portion of the money from the sale of the crops
grew up the child of a poor sharecropper
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Recent Examples of sharecropper
Wilson was the son of North Carolina sharecroppers.
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Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
Flashback: Henry was a former sharecropper who in 1928 fled Georgia and came to Pinellas, lured by the prospect of railroad and citrus jobs.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
Owens grew up in Cleveland as one of 10 children of former Alabama sharecroppers.
—Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
My Nana is the daughter of sharecroppers and one of the first students to go to an integrated school in our hometown of Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
—Shanique Yates, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024
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Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
Flashback: Henry was a former sharecropper who in 1928 fled Georgia and came to Pinellas, lured by the prospect of railroad and citrus jobs.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
Owens grew up in Cleveland as one of 10 children of former Alabama sharecroppers.
—Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
My Nana is the daughter of sharecroppers and one of the first students to go to an integrated school in our hometown of Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
—Shanique Yates, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024
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Highlights include dogsledding, curling lessons with locals, dining with homesteaders, soaking in geothermal hot springs, snowshoeing on private land, and tea with reindeer herders.Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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More than a few are on the fringes of society: homesteaders, back-to-the-land types, those who live off the grid and make a living teaching survival and primitive skills to others.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 June 2024
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Product displays by cultivator or processor (empty packaging/no cannabis) inside the dispensary, not visible from the exterior of the building.Dispatch staff, The Enquirer, 23 July 2024
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Smaller cannabis cultivators, rather than chains, may be the best place to start.Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Since one of the skeletons towers at 12 feet tall, Jackson made a Swig cup out of a plastic planter and two giant pieces of poster board.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Want some inspo on creating plants that cohabitate well in planters together?Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
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With all due respect to the yeoman’s work that Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson did for the Resident Evil adaptations over the years, Welcome to Raccoon City is actually the best Res movie to date.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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The offensive line did yeoman’s work and Willis hit Reed in stride at the Jacksonville 40.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecropper. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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