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wheat miner West, Slang, Derog. 
a farmer who grows wheat exclusively and intensively, often without proper regard for soil conservation.
See also: land-miner
- 1953 It was the fashion, a few years ago, to sneer at the "wheat miners" of the prairies.
- 1953 It was the fashion, a few years ago, to sneer at the "wheat miners" of the prairies.