词汇 | sharecropper |
词源 | sharecropper. A tenant farmer who in exchange for his labor receives certain necessities, such as lodging, and a share of the crop he raises. The sharecrop system dates back to the end of the Civil War in the South; the first sharecroppers were freed slaves. |
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