Meanings
plural rehandlers
- One who rehandles something.
After the war, black women continued to labor as “rehandlers,” sorting, stripping, stemming, and hanging tobacco leaves—all part of the redrying process.
2009, Jacqueline Jones, Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present
Origin
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rehandler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehandler
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