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field work

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field work
n
an investigation or search for material, data, etc., made in the field as opposed to the classroom, laboratory, or official headquarters
field worker  n
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Noun1.field work - an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
research - systematic investigation to establish facts
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Yes, truly I loved autumn-tide--the late autumn when the crops are garnered, and field work is ended, and the evening gatherings in the huts have begun, and everyone is awaiting winter.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
(ll 493-501) Pass by the smithy and its crowded lounge in winter time when the cold keeps men from field work, -- for then an industrious man can greatly prosper his house -- lest bitter winter catch you helpless and poor and you chafe a swollen foot with a shrunk hand.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The faultily constructed plowshares in use in some parts of France were unknown here, the hoe sufficed for the little field work that they did.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
 
 
 
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