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| REQUEST OF EXPLANATIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES TAKEN FROM THE BOOK "CRY ME A RIVER",BY ERNEST |
cucciolone |
07/29/03 |
Please, explain me the following words and phrases,taken from the book "CRY ME A RIVER",by Ernest Hill:
What means "POTATO SETTER"?
j have taken the words and phrases above in the text below:
"JUST OUTSIDE THE SMALL VILLAGE OF EPPS,IT WAS A SLOW-MOVING PICK-UP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A MIDDLE-AGED MAN WITH CURLY BLACK HAIR. THERE WERE THREE BLACK BOYS RIDING IN THE BACK. ONE STOOD AGAINST THE CAB,AND THE OTHER TWO SAT ON THE RAILING. THEY WERE FARMHANDS. HE COULD TELL BY THEIR DIRTY BODIES AND THEIR TATTERED CLOTHES. MAYBE THEY DROVE TRACTORS,OR HAULED HAY,OR TENDED LIVESTOCK. BUT MORE THAN LIKELY,THEY WORKED IN A POTATO FIELD;AFTER ALL THIS WAS POTATO SEASON,AND BY THEIR APPEARANCE,THEY HAD ALREADY SPENT THE EARLY PART OF THE MORNING RIDING A POTATO SETTER".
Thank you Giuliano
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