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  • noun US, informal A small farm.

Etymologies

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farm +‎ -ette

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Examples

  • In time, Clopper's small "farmette" in Waynesboro grew to be a home for pot-bellied pigs, dogs, cats and rabbits, as well as her beloved horses, Porterfield said.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2010

  • He was 28, and in the Air Force, working in hospital and health administration, when he bought this 10-acre "farmette," as he put it, for $10,000.

    NYT > Home Page By PENELOPE GREEN 2010

  • In time, Clopper's small "farmette" in Waynesboro grew to be a home for pot-bellied pigs, dogs, cats and rabbits, as well as her beloved horses, Porterfield said.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2010

  • She lives on a farmette in Michigan with her husband, children, a too-big garden, and a number of obsessive-compulsive animals.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • She lives on a farmette in Michigan with her husband, children, a too-big garden, and a number of obsessive-compulsive animals.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • She lives on a farmette in Michigan with her husband, children, a too-big garden, and a number of obsessive-compulsive animals.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • She lives on a farmette in Michigan with her husband, children, a too-big garden, and a number of obsessive-compulsive animals.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • There's one dog I particularly like -- "T-Bone" -- who absolutely loves spending time on my little farmette.

    When Good Dogs Die 2009

  • There's one dog I particularly like -- "T-Bone" -- who absolutely loves spending time on my little farmette.

    When Good Dogs Die 2009

  • SILBERNER: And pretty soon, we're at Sue Fortier's farmette.

    A Dentist Who Goes Straight To The Horse's Mouth 2010

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