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See: COLLECTIVE FARM.

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collective farm

[collective farm] {n.} A large government-run farm made by combining many small farms. * /The Russian farmers used to live on collective farms./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

cherry farm

[cherry farm] {n.}, {slang} A correctional institution of minimal security where the inmates, mostly first offenders, work as farmhands. * /Joe got a light sentence and was sent to a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

farm out

[farm out] {v.} 1. To have another person do (something) for you; send away to be done. * /Our teacher had too many test papers to read, so she farmed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

no wonder

[no wonder] also [small wonder] {adj.} Not surprising; to be expected. * /It is no wonder that the children love to visit the farm./ * /The Browns didn't go to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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