canecutter

plural canecutters

1. A person employed to harvest sugar cane.

   This mournful melody from Queensland tells of the woes and misfortunes of early canecutters.

   1964, Favourite Australian Bush Songs, page 137

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   It was decided to calculate costs of voluntary labor beforehand to assure a "net” contribution to the harvest and that unions selected the most productive canecutters.

   1981, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, The Economy of Socialist Cuba: A Two-decade Appraisal, page 62

2. A machine for harvesting sugar cane.

   Harvesting, before the arrival of the mechanical canecutter, was performed by large numbers of workers wielding long knives.

   1995, Glenn R. Conrad, Ray F. Lucas, White Gold, page 17