Meanings
plural farmworks · alternative farm work
- uncountableusuallyThe agricultural work done on a farm.
Ms. Hayes, 33, also writes cookbooks (in the predawn hours before her farmwork begins), agitates and advocates for local causes, lectures national organizations about sustainable cuisine and advises those closer to home, like the staff members of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
2007 November 1, Penelope Green, “On the Farm, a Rat Race in Sheep’s Clothing”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2011
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 農活 /农活, 農事 /农事
- 農活 /农活 (nónghuó)work done on a farm
- 農事 /农事 (nóngshì)work done on a farm
- 農務 /农务 (nóngwù)work done on a farm
Esperanto farmlaboro
- farmlaborowork done on a farm
Finnish maataloustyö
- maataloustyöwork done on a farm
French travaux agricoles
- travaux agricoleswork done on a farm
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