单词 | county farm |
释义 | > as lemmascounty farm county farm n. †(a) a large, publicly-funded farm established by the county authorities (obsolete rare); (b) U.S. = poor farm n. at poor adj. and n.1 Compounds 2b (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > other farms home farm1749 city farm1750 county farm1785 factory farm1824 bird farm1842 provision farm1846 spade-farm1848 bush-farm1851 poor farm1852 sewage farm1870 cacao farm1871 mixed farm1872 vertical farm1897 prison farm1961 nuplex1968 1785 A. Young Ann. Agric. 111 The best cultivated counties would even be benefited, were county-farms established on a great scale, and each county to support its respective establishment. 1855 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 28 Sept. A majority of the Grand Jurors proceeded to the County Farm, (so called) where a portion of the County paupers are kept. 1935 A. G. Kennedy Current Eng. xiii. 548 The poorhouse has become the county farm. 2003 New Yorker 15 Sept. 52/2 The poorhouses, county farms, veterans's homes, and pogeys that constituted the social safety net in those days. < as lemmas |
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