leaf-raking
The act or process of raking leaves.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
The act or process of raking leaves.
Relief was essential and began under Hoover; then, under Roosevelt, relief turned into leaf-raking, and leaf-raking turned into constructive enterprise.
Origin: Sense regarding employment: from the nature of some of the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression in the US. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(US, usually, pejorative) Marginally productive government-financed employment.
public agencies were to plan building programs that would do the job and preserve communities from “the necessity of feeding hungry men through the expediency of 'leaf-raking' projects or the dole or soup lines.
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