canecutter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person employed to harvest sugar cane.

   Examples

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   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.

   This mournful melody from Queensland tells of the woes and misfortunes of early canecutters.

2. A machine for harvesting sugar cane.

   Examples

   Harvesting, before the arrival of the mechanical canecutter, was performed by large numbers of workers wielding long knives.

Noun

1. a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands

   Synonyms

   swamp rabbitswamp hareSylvilagus aquaticus

   Broader terms

   wood rabbitcottontailcottontail rabbit