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
As to Hurley's quarter section, the winter being on them, it happened that there was no one who cared to purchase, and Joe had picked it up at a very modest figure.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
I thought it would, indeed, be a poor quarter section that would not have eighty acres of farm land, so I took my chances.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
Then take up your quarter section; for you'll be eighteen by then.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
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