R.F.D.
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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R.F.D. is mostly quaint today, but a new issue is sparking another urban-rural divide: broadband access.
From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2019
“They had a leering quality to them and really stood out. They were extraordinary at a time when the other shows in the Top 10 were ‘Gomer Pyle’ and ‘Mayberry R.F.D.’
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2017
The Griffith show's sequel, "Mayberry R.F.D.," was one victim, cancelled after three years.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2012
Representative Howard Coble of North Carolina, who sometimes sounds like he's still got a place on Mayberry R.F.D., reacted by challenging Drinan, still in clerical garb, to a rumble.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She had hoped he would when she asked him at her uncle's farm, and the formal invitation had been dispatched to R.F.D.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana
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