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home farm

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noun

  1. (esp formerly) a farm belonging to and providing food for a large country house

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"I was staying at the bungalow at Edington Mains where Jim lived, his home farm, and I had to take the dog out for walks," she said.

From BBC ● May 26, 2022

Finnriver began leasing it in 2012, two years after launching the cidery at the home farm, 3 miles south.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018

Clay, now 54, and Linda, 51, returned to the home farm in 2008 after discovering a virulent mold in their North Carolina house.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2016

Bill gave veterans low-interest loans to buy a home, farm or business; 52 weeks of unemployment insurance; job placement services; and up to four years of federal aid for learning.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2016

The following Saturday morning after breakfast the three little girls told Carol, with delight, that they were going to the home farm in the afternoon, and begged him to go with them.

From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler

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