Usually means: Remote, undeveloped forty-acre land plot.
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  1. back forty: Merriam-Webster
  2. back forty: Wiktionary
  3. back forty: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. back forty: Dictionary.com
  5. back forty: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Back forty: Financial dictionary

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  1. back forty: Netlingo

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▸ noun:  (US) The remote part of a farm.
▸ noun:  (US, idiomatic) The most remote or inaccessible part of any place.

Similar:
backcountry, boondock, boom, backhaul, backveld, truck farm, outspan, backgrounder, longe, linehaul, more...

Opposite:
front yard, frontage, front lot

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Similar:
backcountry, boondock, boom, backhaul, backveld, truck farm, outspan, backgrounder, longe, linehaul, more...

Opposite:
front yard, frontage, front lot



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