English Dictionary

leaf-raking

noun

The act or process of raking leaves. / (US, usually derogatory) Marginally productive government-financed employment.

I spent the whole afternoon doing leaf-raking in my backyard.

意味（1）

The act or process of raking leaves.

意味（2）

(US, usually derogatory) Marginally productive government-financed employment.

Relief was essential and began under Hoover; then, under Roosevelt, relief turned into leaf-raking, and leaf-raking turned into constructive enterprise.