quarter section
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quarter section
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Harnack's narrator is a middle-aged dirt farmer named August who left Iowa in his youth, then returned, half unwilling, to the quarter section staked out by his grandfather.
From Time Magazine Archive
Secretary Roper precipitately announced that PWA would allocate $1,500,000 to build a quarter section of one sea-drome behind the Delaware Breakwater.
From Time Magazine Archive
The author is in possession of a shell in which a longitudinal flaw was revealed in the ogive by the cutting away of a longitudinal quarter section, Fig.
From The Development of Armor-piercing Shells with Suggestions for their Improvement by Zafra, Carlos de
"They are never here," said Spaight, jumping from the auto and sweeping his hand about over a beautiful quarter section of land, one of the finest in the county.
From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar
"Hallo, Joe!" came a hail across from another quarter section.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
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