baby farm

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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Origin of baby farm

First recorded in 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM baby farm

baby farmer, nounbaby farming, noun

Words nearby baby farm

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