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fur farm

American  

noun

  1. a farm on which animals, as minks, are raised for their pelts.


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Etymology

Origin of fur farm

First recorded in 1910–15

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Hundreds of farmed mink are wandering through central Pennsylvania after escaping from a nearby fur farm, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2023

Early last October, the mink on a fur farm in Spain suddenly began to fall ill.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2023

Before the pandemic, he had visited a fur farm in Finland and described the "suffering of animals and what goes on there is incomprehensible".

From BBC Jan. 25, 2023

Nutria were first brought to California in the late 1800s in an effort to establish a fur farm industry.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2019

Evidently, Obed was well posted, at any rate, whether he really had such a fur farm of his own or not, Bandy-legs concluded.

From At Whispering Pine Lodge by Leslie, Lawrence J.

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