farm stayn.
/ˈfɑːm steɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɑrm ˌsteɪ/, Australian English /ˈfʌːm stæe/ Frequently Australian.
1. A holiday spent on a farm, often involving participation in farm work or activities.
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society > travel > [noun] > travelling for pleasure > in specific place
laking1822
farm stay1957
society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > specific type
summer vacation1507
public holiday1736
summer holiday1746
school holiday1777
Cook's tour1856
alcoholiday1877
busman's holiday1893
caravan holiday1899
caravanning holiday1924
staycation1944
spring break1956
farm stay1957
charter1959
ski pack1969
staycation2008
1957 Beckley (W. Va.) Post-Herald 21 May 5/3 There are innumerable tasks around the farm with which to enliven your farm stay.
1984 J. W. McDermott How to get lost & found in Austral. (new ed.) x. 127 [We] enjoyed not a ride-the-horse, shear-the-sheep farm stay but rather a weekend on a country estate where all was quiet, all genteel.
2011 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Traveller section) 22 I'm all for a weekend in the country but farm-stays sound like hard work.
2. A farm offering holiday accommodation to tourists.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > farm offering holiday accommodation
farm stay1980
1980 J. Godwin Austral. on £15 & $20 Day (rev. ed.) iii. 63 The places listed are divided into homestays and farmstays.
2013 @dedarse 2 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 3 Apr. 2019) There are times when I just wanna get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and settle down at a farmstay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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