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county farm
noun
- (especially formerly) a farm maintained by a county and used for the housing and care of poor people.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of county farm1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences
In 1896 he took up his abode on his Columbia county farm, first purchasing forty-six acres of land.
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Tom continued his weekly trips to Gladbrook to get the county farm news and to solicit advertising.
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I want to know if you'd won't help me to get into the county farm during the winter months, anyhow.
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They rather go to the penitentiary or the county farm or get killed than to do what is right.
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The jury brought in a verdict of guilty and the judge assessed his punishment at ten months on the county farm.
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