“farmer's”

The following 3 entries include the term farmer's.

farmer's lung

noun

: an acute pulmonary disorder characterized by sudden onset, fever, cough, expectoration, and breathlessness that results from the inhalation of spores in dust from moldy hay or straw

Farmer's reducer

noun

: a 20 to 25 percent solution of hypo to which a few drops of a 10 percent solution of potassium ferricyanide are added and which is used for reducing the image density and fog density of photographic negatives and prints

farmer's satin

noun

: a lustrous durable fabric in satin weave with a cotton warp and a worsted or cotton filling used especially for linings and dresses


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