land-poor
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of land-poor
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The motive of President after President was to encourage settlement of the empty, rocky area, once regarded hungrily by land-poor Chile as a possible zone of expansion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Texas—immense, unorganized, full of cattle for which no profitable market could be found, cattle-rustlers, land-poor cow-barons and original sin.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, a land-poor, dirt-poor migrant farmer, went as far north as Canada to harvest crops.
From Time Magazine Archive
You remember old Dennis O'Shea was land-poor all his life.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Adams, Andy
In addition to this he found himself what was properly termed "land-poor."
From Bricks Without Straw by Tourgée, Albion Winegar
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