farmer's tan
- noun
- /ˈfɑːrmərz tæŋ/
- Informal
:
bronceado de agricultor
Examples
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He's got a straw hat and a farmer's tan.
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L.A. laughed aloud on the line "she's even crazy about my farmer's tan," which Jones altered to "my black boy tan."
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After spending the summer working in the fields, he came home with a noticeable farmer's tan on his arms and neck.
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She showed off her farmer's tan, a clear line where her T-shirt sleeves ended and the sun had darkened her skin.
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Many outdoor workers develop a farmer's tan due to prolonged exposure to the sun while wearing short sleeves.
Synonyms
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Light brown skin after being in the sun
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A dark color the skin gets after being in the sun
A warm, slightly tanned appearance from being in the sun
How Tan
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
farmer's + tan
The phrase combines 'farmer' (a person who works outdoors) with 'tan' (skin coloration from sun exposure) in a directly compositional way: a tan typical of someone who works outside. The possessive form simply signals the source/typical wearer, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Farmer's tan may come from farmers who worked long hours outside wearing short-sleeve shirts. Their arms and chest in the sun turned dark while the skin under the shirt stayed light, so farmer's means farm worker and tan means skin darkening, and together the phrase names 'a clear tan pattern where clothing protected the skin'.