Meanings
plural sharemilkers · alternative share-milker · alternative share milker
- One who takes part in a sharemilking arrangement.
The principle of a sharemilk agreement is that the number of cows put in by the sharemilker remains the property of the sharemilker.
2017, Wytske Chamberlain, Ward Anseeuw, Inclusive Businesses in Agriculture, →ISBN, page 2011 more example
Many of the houses that sharemilkers were expected to live in were little more than shacks, and it was quite evident that there wouldn't be any improvements made to them.
1966, N. D. Thompson, The Sharemilkers: A Novel of the Waikato, page 99
Origin
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