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wheat miner
West, Slang, Derog.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a farmer who grows wheat exclusively and intensively, often without proper regard for soil conservation.
See: land-miner
Quotations
1953
It was the fashion, a few years ago, to sneer at the "wheat miners" of the prairies.