fruit ranch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fruit ranch
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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His father owned a fruit ranch, and his mother was a dietitian.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
No scientist, Dean was teaching law and running his 44-acre fruit ranch in California in 1949 when he was called to serve as a member of the commission under David Lilienthal, its first chairman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another came through and stopped at a large fruit ranch where they were pruning trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Got my fruit ranch paid for, double the size I was calculatin' on," he explained; "and if I had any more, I wouldn't know what to do with it, sure."
From A Daughter of the Snows by Jack London
Bates is in California conducting a fruit ranch, and when he visited us last Christmas he bore all the marks of a gentleman whom the world uses well.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
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