sharecropper
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/ˈʃerkrɑːpər/
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/ˈʃeəkrɒpə(r)/
A person who works on someone else's land and gives a part of the crops they grow to the landowner as payment.
During the Great Depression, many sharecroppers struggled to make ends meet.
在大萧条期间,许多佃农努力维持生计。