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nouna farm maintained at public expense for the housing and support of paupers. Origin of poor farmAn Americanism dating back to 1850–55 Words nearby poor farmpoor as a churchmouse, poor box, poor boy, poor boy sweater, poor-do, poor farm, poorhouse, poorish, Poor Joe, poor law, poorly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for poor farmA madhouse is the place for the man who wants to live ou'doors in the winter time; the poor-farm is too good for him. The Village Watch-Tower|(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin You see,” he explained, “all this I did in my mind, for all the time I was a hostage in the poor-farm of broken men. Michael, Brother of Jerry|Jack London I learned just that when I was a rat among the mangy rats of the poor-farm. Michael, Brother of Jerry|Jack London "Maw Hoover was always calling me lazy, and saying she'd send me to the poor-farm," said Bessie. The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm|Jane L. Stewart
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