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stump ranch

British  

noun

  1. informal  (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees

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I grew up on a “stump ranch” in rural southeast Alaska, in a gun culture.

From Seattle Times

Come all you stump ranch loggers and slick shod choker men And learn how we gathered the round stuff up on the Skinney Ben.

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