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cowpoke

a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback an informal name for cowboy

Hirer

One who hires

Outhire

To hire out

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Rehire

To hire again

Saulie

A hired mourner at a funeral

Locatio

Locatio, hire, a letting-out.

Charwoman

A woman hired for odd work or for single days

Hire

Hire [locatio, conductio, Lat.], a bailment for a reward or compensation. It is divisible into four sorts:-(1) The hiring of a thing for use (locatio rei). (2) The hiring of work and labour (locatio operis faciendi). (3)

Master and servant

These are very generally hired by the year, as from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and this is an entire hiring for a year; and, unless otherwise stipulated, no wages are payable until the end of the year. Consult

Owner

using a boiler as agent of the owner thereof and any person using a boiler which he has hired or obtained on loan from the owner thereof. [Indian Boilers Act, 1923, s. 2 (d)] Includes any person

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