canecutter
nounEtymology From cane + cutter.
1
A person employed to harvest sugar cane.
- It was decided to calculate costs of voluntary labor beforehand to assure a "net” contribution to the harvest and that unions selected the most productive canecutters.1981, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, The Economy of Socialist Cuba: A Two-decade Appraisal, page 62:
- This mournful melody from Queensland tells of the woes and misfortunes of early canecutters.1964, Favourite Australian Bush Songs, page 137:
2
A machine for harvesting sugar cane.
- Harvesting, before the arrival of the mechanical canecutter, was performed by large numbers of workers wielding long knives.1995, Glenn R. Conrad, Ray F. Lucas, White Gold, page 17: