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suitcase farmer
noun
a farmer who also works in the town CANADA- Further, the wheat-making problem means the end of the “suitcase farmer,” who has been accustomed to spend only a few weeks on his land each spring and summer for seeding and harvesting. — Saturday Night, p. 15/1, 13 October 1959
- My folks are suitcase farmers. That’s a farmer who lives in town, loads his equipment onto a truck and commutes into the country to plant or harvest. — Johnny Shearer, The Male Hustler, p. 109, 1966
- In the 1950s, “suitcase farmer” was a slightly insulting term for farmers who also held down jobs off the farm. — cbc4kids.ca, 15 June 2002
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