Meaning
A cane cutter — the labourer who cuts sugar cane by hand in the fields with a machete, bending through long hot days in crop time. It is among the hardest, lowest-paid plantation work, tied deep into Jamaica's sugar history and the estates of parishes like Trelawny and Westmoreland. The word carries the memory of that back-breaking estate labour.
Examples
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Him fada did a cane cutta a di estate.
His father was a cane cutter on the estate.
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Cane cutta work haad inna crop time.
Cane cutters work hard during crop time.
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Dem sharpen di machete fi cut cane.
They sharpen the machete to cut cane.
Origin
English 'cane cutter' in Patois form. See [[sugar-cane]], [[machete]].
How it’s used
Hand labourer cutting sugar cane; bound to Jamaica's plantation history.