In the context of the sentence, the word "sharecroppers" refers to farmers who cultivate land owned by someone else in exchange for a share of the crops produced. This typically means that they do not own the land they work on and are often in a situation of economic struggle, relying on a portion of the harvest for their livelihood. In this case, it implies that Otis Miller's family was engaged in this type of agricultural labor and faced significant hardship, as indicated by their limited diet of one rabbit a day.
5 The men usually arrived at their camps malnourished and hungry. Otis Miller was one example. He came from a large family of sharecroppers who lived on one rabbit a day. Otis joined the CCC before he turned 16 years old. He described the men's situation as follows: "We were about 100 pounds when we arrived. It wasn't long before we gained 15 pounds apiece. You could eat a full meal there."
Read the sentence from paragraph 5.
He came from a large family of sharecroppers who lived on one rabbit a day.
What do you think the word sharecroppers means as it is used in this sentence?
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