Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
farm or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Axes rang in the cottonwoods, and when darkness came, the building of a rude, farmlike cabin went on by the light of big fires.
The Eagle's Heart Hamlin Garland 1900
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Alice and I had decided upon a dirt road, because we believed that a dirt road would conform in appearance to the other rustic and farmlike features of the place, and because we fancied that a dirt road could be constructed cheaply.
The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Eugene Field 1872
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He turned away therefore from the front of the castle, and following the road that skirted the dilapidated remnants of fortification, passed several farmlike sheds, and arrived at a door in a brick wall, apparently that of a garden -- ancient, and green and gray with lichens.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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Owner Tim Albright hopes to salvage the house, which he was planning to use as a library, gathering point and centerpiece for a 120-unit elderly housing village with cottages, apartments and assisted living space in a farmlike setting.
The Altoona Mirror 2009
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The comic depicts the wacky adventures of Cow and Buffalo on their vaguely farmlike compound.
COMIXTALK 2009
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While I understand that the ends of an animal being killed is the same, I also appreciate the fact that the meat Chipotle uses actually had a fairly normal farmlike life prior to slaughter, unlike this sickening downer cow mess that has made press recently.
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He said it would be a challenge to find a buyer who wants to live in the home's rural, farmlike neighborhood.
azcentral.com | news 2009
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