Vo-Agn.
/vəʊˈaɡ/ U.S. colloquial.
Vocational Agriculture, agriculture considered as a subject of study for those who intend to make it their profession. Also attributive.
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Vo-Ag1953
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 5 Feb. 15/2 At Milton, Georgia, the ‘Vo. Ag.’ instructor took me to see Gill Brown as an example of a leading F.F.A. member... In the cultivation of the ‘management’ attitude..Vo. Ag. achieves distinctive success.
1976 Columbus (Montana) News 17 June 1/2 The Montana Vo-Ag teachers have selected Don Owen as the Outstanding Teacher of the 1975–76 year.
1976 Columbus (Montana) News 1 July 4/2 Lyle has accepted a position teaching Vo-Ag at a Junior College.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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