quarter section
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quarter section
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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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
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
They bought a bit of flower-decked prairie, a quarter section crossed in one corner by a little creek flowing southward until it joined a larger steam flowing into the Arkansas River.
From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
I'll apply for a quarter section right here.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
"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
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