baby farm

noun

, Informal.

1. a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee.
2. a residence for unwed pregnant girls or women that also arranges adoptions.

Other Words From

• baby farmer noun
• baby farming noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of baby farm¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

"It was like they were making a baby farm or something," Naomi Sisk told the Raleigh News and Observer.

From The Daily Beast

She was not a baby-farm after all, and the audition of these squalling nurslings vexed her.

From Project Gutenberg

I remember an old colored woman, she must be dead by this time, who kept a baby farm.

From Project Gutenberg

She placed the child with a certain woman who kept a kind of baby-farm in the midlands.

From Project Gutenberg