market garden
Americannoun
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Chiefly British. truck farm.
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Military. Market Garden, the Allied code name for the unsuccessful invasion of Holland by British and American airborne and infantry forces on September 17, 1944.
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Origin of market garden
First recorded in 1805–15
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At the same time, the exploitation of the market garden areas of Niayes and Gandiol contributed to meeting the population's need for vegetables.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023
The microgreen business is the fulfillment of a desire to start a market garden he’s had since living in France.
From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2019
Last year, a market garden scheme was launched to allow women to grow food to sell.
From The Guardian • May 29, 2017
After transforming a derelict plot of land into a community market garden in a bid to prevent a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport, a group of squatters are set to be evicted.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2014
They made of Peter's purchases of fruit and flowers a market garden of their own from which they had but just come on hopeful errands.
From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon
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