单词 | ranchito |
释义 | ranchiton. In the western United States: a small ranch or farm. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > cattle farm estantion1697 estancia1704 rancho1820 ranchito1829 ranch1831 ganaderia1860 spread1927 1829 R. W. H. Hardy Trav. Interior Mexico xvi. 411 I left Horcasitas, and arrived at the Ranchito, which is about five leagues to the northward of San Miguel. 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah xvii. 231 To the Ranchita is something less than a mile. 1906 A. Adams Cattle Brands 92 He had sent to a nearby ranchito for a man who had at least the reputation of being quite a hunter. 1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 122/2 Many descendants of the pobladores still live in villages that seem dominated by cracked adobe or on tiny ranchitos with a garden patch and a few head of cattle. 1996 High Country News 5 Feb. 14/3 She pointed out a listing for a sprawling ‘ranchito’ north of town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829 |
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