work farm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of work farm
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Emmet has been released from a prison work farm after serving his sentence for accidentally causing a fatality, their father has died and the family farm is in foreclosure.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
McMurphy is a gambler and rabble rouser who faked insanity to serve a prison sentence in the hospital instead of at a prison work farm.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2020
More than a third of the civilian labor force work farm jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From The Guardian • May 7, 2020
They drive through the American South, passing a prison work farm, chasing a freedom that is always farther ahead of them than death is behind them.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2019
A sprawling 18,000-acre work farm that has as grim a history as any prison in America, Angola might seem like an unlikely place to go looking for a good time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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