as in tenant farmer
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Playing alongside Clarence Muse, who portrays a tenant farmer, Fetchit was cast as the clichéd buffoon, lazy and happy-go-lucky.—
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Centuries of penal laws had left Catholics as impoverished tenant farmers, while Protestants – wealthier and less reliant on the crop – had greater resources to survive.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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After the three-day Kern County raid, the association informed its members — growers, packinghouses, farm labor contractors, nurseries and related businesses — that immigration agents need warrants to enter their properties.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the number of licensed cannabis businesses declined in recent years across every category, including retailers, distributors and growers.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Subsistence farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsistence%20farmer. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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