conacre
/ (kʌˈneːkər) /
noun
Irish farming land let for a season or for eleven months
Origin of conacre
1C19: from corn 1 + acre
Words Nearby conacre
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How to use conacre in a sentence
The pig paid the rent, and made manure which was put out on the ground of some neighbouring farmer, hired as 'conacre.'
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James GodkinBy letting this conacre land in little patches, a high rent is secured, which the tenants have no option but to promise to pay.
Disturbed Ireland | Bernard H. BeckerA thousand excuses will be made for taking partners, for subletting on the "conacre" and other systems.
Disturbed Ireland | Bernard H. BeckerThe neighboring gentry are bent, as conacre has ceased to pay, on supplanting the population by cattle.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 | E. Rameur
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