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plowman

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plow·man  (ploumn)
n.
1. A man who plows.
2. A farmer or rustic.
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Noun1.plowman - a man who plowsplowman - a man who plows                      
farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand - a hired hand on a farm


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All the fine ladies and gentlemen were eager to see the plowman poet.
A plowman was skinning his farm one morning--not the steepest part of it, but still a steep part--that is, he was not skinning the front of his farm, but the roof of it, near the eaves--when he absent-mindedly let go of the plow-handles to moisten his hands, in the usual way; he lost his balance and fell out of his farm backward; poor fellow, he never touched anything till he struck bottom, fifteen hundred feet below.
It would make a great difference in the drainage, but a new plowman might think this finickiness and just go ahead and plow all of it north and south, or all of it east and west and this would result in a lower yield--some parts of the field would get soggy and the wheat might get a rust, and other parts drain too readily, letting the ground become parched and break into cakes, all of which might be prevented.
 
 
 
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