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dry-farm
[ drahy-fahrm ]
verb (used with object)
- to grow (a specified crop) by means of dryland farming.
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Other Words From
- dry farmer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dry-farm1
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
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Example Sentences
An agricultural authority said that the net profit of a dry farm, that is a farm without any paddy, was almost negligible.
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It was a cinch you couldn't turn loose and dry-farm that land and have even a fair chance of reaping a harvest.
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I've been keeping cases pretty close on this dry-farm craze, and this stampede for claims.
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They say that folks can dry-farm the benches up toward the mountains—they can't, and I don't like to see nobody try it.
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