farmhand
noun
farm·hand
ˈfärm-ˌhand 
1
: a farm laborer
especially
: a hired laborer on a farm
2
: a player on a farm team
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Bell sort of was a Cleveland farmhand, drafted by the team in 1990, but traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995.
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Hampton, 23, is considered the Yankees’ seventh-best prospect and third-best pitching farmhand, according to Baseball America.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Wade will bat eighth ahead of Lockridge, a former Yankees farmhand playing his first game in the Bronx (the Yankees traded him to the Padres last year).
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Scott's main function at this point in his life … is to be the farmhand.
—Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Hampton, 23, is considered the Yankees’ seventh-best prospect and third-best pitching farmhand, according to Baseball America.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Wade will bat eighth ahead of Lockridge, a former Yankees farmhand playing his first game in the Bronx (the Yankees traded him to the Padres last year).
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Scott's main function at this point in his life … is to be the farmhand.
—Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Farmhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmhand. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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farmhand
noun
farm·hand
ˈfärm-ˌhand
: a farm laborer
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