Usually means: Institution for impoverished, providing sustenance.
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  1. poor farm: Merriam-Webster
  2. poor farm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. poor-farm: Wordnik
  4. poor farm: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. poor farm: Dictionary.com
  6. Poor farm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. poor farm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. poor farm: Wiktionary

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  1. poor farm: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (US, historical) A farm serving as a poorhouse, lodging poor people in exchange for their agricultural labor.

Similar:
poorness, farmland, farm, dirt poor, poorhouse, poverty, poor man, agricultural, dry farming, subsistence farming, more...

Phrases:
poor white farm worker, more...

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Similar:
poorness, farmland, farm, dirt poor, poorhouse, poverty, poor man, agricultural, dry farming, subsistence farming, more...

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poor white farm worker, more...



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