stoopwork

Definitions

Unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.

uncountable

Examples

“For some work⟳ such as grape picking, beet thinning, and the raising of vegetables and berries, the Japanese have⟳ been regarded as physically well adapted to the "stoopwork," as they are short of stature and endure the extreme heat found in a few localities better than most other races.”

“The growers of California and the Southwest say⟳ they need⟳ the greencarder to do the stoopwork, but they refuse⟳ to pay⟳ the wages and grant the conditions which would allow⟳ us to work⟳ in dignity.”

“To be a farmer meant to do stoopwork and cultivating in ninety-degree heat, side by side with black croppers.”

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