doers
Example Sentences
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The hoers stop work only long enough to eat their poor fare standing,—and poor fare indeed it is.
From Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom by American Tract Society
The laborers are visible far off, those who drop the grains walking in a line ahead, the hoers following close behind to cover up the seed.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
Those who have seen our turnip fields in early summer, with the hoers at their work, will understand our reference.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
The ploughmen then come and break up the ground, hoers carefully pulverize every clod, and the seed is sown, a mere handful being sufficient for a great extent of soil.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various