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Meaning of grass hand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An additional worker taken on at busy times.
    archaic
  2. Grass script; caoshu.
    dated

Examples

“Some strong criticism was expressed at the present practice of taking on grass hands, and the inconvenience and unpleasantness resulting from it in various foundries.”
“A dispute has arisen on the "Referee" owing to some men holding full frames working as grass hands on Saturday afternoons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

grass hockey grass jelly grass knot Grass Lake grass moon grass moth

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