stock farm
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stock farm
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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The wickets of Duckett and Crawley necessitated a change of approach and Jacks was able to take stock, farm the strike, and ensure there was not a mad scramble in the dressing room.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
He puttered around the International Typographical Union's stock farm, chumming up to Holstein-Friesian cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Warren T. McCray, ten years ago, was accustomed to spend many a morning inspecting his large stock farm of stubby-necked Herefordshire cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has divided huge estates into small peasant holdings, but has been unable to advance the peons credit for stock farm equipment, seeds.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a big stock farm and it’s not many miles from Darrowtown where I—I used to live once.
From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Emerson, Alice B.
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