Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Land newly broken up and plowed.
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Examples
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He noted the lizards slipping through the stones; he saw where the wheel of a wagon had crushed some wild flower-growth; he heard the far call of a milkmaid to the cattle; he caught the sweet breath of decaying verdure, and through all, the fresh, biting air of the new-land autumn, pleasantly stinging his face.
Carnac's Folly, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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He noted the lizards slipping through the stones; he saw where the wheel of a wagon had crushed some wild flower-growth; he heard the far call of a milkmaid to the cattle; he caught the sweet breath of decaying verdure, and through all, the fresh, biting air of the new-land autumn, pleasantly stinging his face.
Carnac's Folly, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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He noted the lizards slipping through the stones; he saw where the wheel of a wagon had crushed some wild flower-growth; he heard the far call of a milkmaid to the cattle; he caught the sweet breath of decaying verdure, and through all, the fresh, biting air of the new-land autumn, pleasantly stinging his face.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Sometimes we came upon small clearings, where tired-looking men were grubbing new-land for tobacco, and I remember that a half-grown boy, with a sullen look, threw a chunk at us and viciously shouted that if we would stop a minute he would whip both of us.
The Jucklins A Novel Opie Percival Read 1895
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All this new land had been proved to be exceedingly prolific of wheat, the great new-land crop.
The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West Emerson Hough 1890
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