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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tract of land devoted to the breeding and rearing of horses.

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Examples

  • January 13th, 2006 at 2: 56 pm hip hop ringtone says: hip hop ringtone No stud-farm there was some grumbling when ash-plant subagencies of our foorth-class lujosos bestride occasionally found to secular the originals from their amusantes. hence in the loud-shouting birds

    Think Progress » Alito: The Christmas Candidate 2005

  • He lived at a stud-farm near the town, and had come out shooting now to get a breath of fresh air.

    The Wife 2004

  • “You two look more like sisters than mother and daughter,” the stud-farm manager declared.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • “You two look more like sisters than mother and daughter,” the stud-farm manager declared.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • “You two look more like sisters than mother and daughter,” the stud-farm manager declared.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • I was no one's idea of the owner of a prosperous stud-farm.

    For Kicks Francis, Dick, 1920- 1965

  • Miroir and, finally, the Grand Canal, with one transverse branch leading to the Menagerie (now the government stud-farm) and the other to the

    Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus

  • The idea of the stud-farm and the brougham horse had germinated in Archer's mind on the very day when the Emerson Sillerton invitation had first been mentioned; but he had kept it to himself as if there were something clandestine in the plan, and discovery might prevent its execution.

    The Age of Innocence 1920

  • When he reached the stud-farm a glance showed him that the horse was not what he wanted; nevertheless he took a turn behind it in order to prove to himself that he was not in a hurry.

    The Age of Innocence 1920

  • Taking his pair at an easy gait, he counted on reaching the stud-farm, which was not far beyond Paradise Rocks, before three o'clock; so that, after looking over the horse (and trying him if he seemed promising) he would still have four golden hours to dispose of.

    The Age of Innocence 1920

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