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dry-farm

[ drahy-fahrm ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in dryland farming.


verb (used with object)

  1. to grow (a specified crop) by means of dryland farming.
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Other Words From

  • dry farmer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry-farm1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
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Example Sentences

An agricultural authority said that the net profit of a dry farm, that is a farm without any paddy, was almost negligible.

It was a cinch you couldn't turn loose and dry-farm that land and have even a fair chance of reaping a harvest.

I've been keeping cases pretty close on this dry-farm craze, and this stampede for claims.

They say that folks can dry-farm the benches up toward the mountains—they can't, and I don't like to see nobody try it.

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