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Brush-cutter

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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Ah I was out working out west, and I was a brush-cutter, just kind of clearing around trees and what not and bears would come out and just out of curiosity come and check us out, and not put us in any danger or anything, but just kind of- curious, you-know?
A job involving clearing out brush.
Speaker: No, never, no no it was my own car. I had a car for only a month (laughs) yeah, so I was like "Fuck" and then- it was wrote off, so I'm like "Ah I just bought this car and now I owe all this money on this car, what do I do?" So that's when I went out west and was a brush cutter out there. Interviewer: What is a brush cutter? Speaker: Ah you just- you know where they- they would do a clear cut in the bush, clear cut all the trees down then they go in and plant smaller trees?
A job involving clearing out brush.