(in the UK) a woman doing farm work, especially during the Second World War.
〈史〉(英国)二战时的农业女工
Example sentencesExamples
Joyce, 73, who was a land girl, met Bob, 71, who was a farm worker, at a dance at Howden in 1950.
Pat H has vivid memories of her years as a land girl.
She was helped by Joss, nine, and Wanda Criswell, six, whose great grandmother served as a land girl and whose grandfather took part in the D Day landings of 1944.
Janet worked as a land girl at a wage of one pound a week.
And this is the first time, since she was orphaned at the age of 11, that Linda, 55, the daughter of a Southampton land girl, has held anything that belonged to her parents.