farmhand
noun
farm·hand
ˈfärm-ˌhand 
1
: a farm laborer
especially
: a hired laborer on a farm
2
: a player on a farm team
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Aside from these Nazi-ish tendencies, Frankenstein is erotically obsessed with the borders of life and death, with wounds and organs being specific sites of fascination; meanwhile, Katrin’s attraction to a lowly, virile farmhand (Joe Dallesandro) jeopardises the sanctity of the experiments.
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Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Veterans, farmhands, NHL free agents and European additions have all made their mark.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
This time, the life cycle of the land, and the unlikely collaboration of landowners and conservationists, bird watchers and farmhands, provides a similar, albeit less intimate, corollary.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Veterans, farmhands, NHL free agents and European additions have all made their mark.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
This time, the life cycle of the land, and the unlikely collaboration of landowners and conservationists, bird watchers and farmhands, provides a similar, albeit less intimate, corollary.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Farmhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmhand. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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farmhand
noun
farm·hand
ˈfärm-ˌhand
: a farm laborer
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