trimmigrant

Definitions

A migrant worker who comes into an area to find a job harvesting marijuana.

US, slang

Examples

“Whether you support⟳ it or not, marijuana cultivation has become⟳ increasingly rooted in our local community and economy, bring⟳ boutique fertilizer stores, cheap weed and a fall⟳ migration of slightly disheveled "trimmigrants" to our area.”

“Based on previous experience⟳, Nevada City was braced for a massive influx of so-called “trimmigrants” when the marijuana harvest⟳ season started.”

“If there is full legalization in California, the poor Bohemians making $200-400 day trimming buds in Humbolt County will be earning $10 an hour, if that. I have⟳ a trimmigrant relative who makes that kind of money working basically half-days.”

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