Meaning of Weeder | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An agricultural worker who removes weeds.
2. A tool used to remove weeds.
3. Ellipsis of weeder class or weeder course.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“If these plants are young, the weeders do not see⟳ them; and in this case, when they grow⟳ larger, the land⟳ must be again weeded. But the small plants, which are not less prejudicial, such as the wild Fitch, the wild Oat, Darnel, Fennel-flower, Knot-grass, Restharrow, Fox-tail, the several sorts of Bindweed, (Convolvulus) and all the small Poppies, remain⟳ in the field.”

“That strength of body is often equal to the courage of mind⟳ implanted in the fair sex, will not be denied by those who have⟳ seen the water-women of Plymouth; the female drudges of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; the fish-women of Billinsgate; the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm the fields; and the lowest beings of the feminine gender wo swagger in the streets of London.”

“Help⟳ me to become⟳ a pure waterer, weeder, and deadheader of our little plot, to mature from manic bride and bonnarder to the calm, the jen, of deep and ancient garden wifedom.”

“(She told me I must buy⟳ a swoe, a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.)”

“Weeders are often the first barrier to entry into certain professional careers for students. The most famous example is being “weeded-out” of the pre-med track.”

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