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dirt farmer
n. 1 A subsistence farmer; a farmer with no hired hands. 2 A farmer who is too poor to use, or unable to use, irrigation.
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Dirt Farmer
Dirt Farmer is an album by American musician Levon Helm, former drummer for the Band. The album was released on October 30, 2007, on Vanguard Records, and was Helm's first studio album since 1982. It was produced by fellow ex- Dylan sideman Larry Campbell and by Helm's daughter, Amy, both of whom also sing and play on the album. It won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008.
Usage examples of "dirt farmer".
She remembered a poor dirt farmer called Tommy Joe Crandall and his wife.
And it was with the knives that they were scraping away at what little was left of the dirt farmer.