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baby farm

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noun Informal.

a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee.

a residence for unwed pregnant girls or women that also arranges adoptions.

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Nearby words

baby carriage, baby coach, baby daddy, baby doll, baby face, baby farm, baby food, baby grand, baby mama, baby primrose, baby snatcher

Origin of baby farm

First recorded in 1865–70

Related formsbaby farmer, nounbaby farming, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for baby farm

She placed the child with a certain woman who kept a kind of baby-farm in the midlands.
A Gallant Grenadier|F.S. Brereton
She was not a baby-farm after all, and the audition of these squalling nurslings vexed her.
Mr. Punch's Country Life|Various