单词 | homesteading scheme |
释义 | > as lemmashomesteading scheme General attributive, as homesteading law, homesteading scheme, etc. ΚΠ 1886 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 June 6/2 Mr. Wellborn, of Texas, one of the prominent members of the House,..and favoring homesteading laws..was asked to-day what he thought of the vote yesterday. 1903 J. Lumsden Through Canada in Harvest Time 156 These Doukhobors..at first insisted upon living on the communal system, which is in direct antagonism to the homesteading system of the Dominion. 1927 Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 15 Jan. 56/1 Their opposition to the homesteading scheme gradually developed..as the actual homesteading of the lands became a fact. 1936 Scrutiny 4 iv. 441 Honey in the Horn is a detailed account of life in the state of Oregon during the homesteading period (1906–8). 1993 R. Broad Plundering Paradise iv. 61 The Filipinos migrated for many of the same reasons American settlers had pushed westward: they were encouraged by homesteading laws and were going in search of land to farm. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Aug. 16 Local authorities who realise the catastrophe they face if street after street falls to the unscrupulous private landlord will jump at the offer to run pilot homesteading schemes. < as lemmas |
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