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Definition of Farmhouses
1. farmhouse [n] - See also: farmhouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farmhouses
Literary usage of Farmhouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (1912)
"... farmhouses with their furniture in Sweden and in Denmark—The need for the
preservation and exhibition of old cottages and farmhouses in Great Britain. ..."
2. The Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett by Sarah Orne Jewett (1911)
"After speaking of the changes creeping over the old village life and the many
excellent reasons therefor, she says: " Old farmhouses opened their doors to ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1908)
"... others turning weather-beaten walls and roofs to the gusty airs of the breezy
uplands. Picturesque old manor-houses, grey stone cottages and farmhouses, ..."
4. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Impurity of spring waters in large towns, about farmhouses, and near graveyards.—Well-waters
in the dunes of Bordeaux; their analogy to the waters of Marah. ..."
5. The European Journals of William Maclure by William Maclure, John S. Doskey (1988)
"Arrangement of tiles on roofs of farmhouses on the road to Boen. The plain of
the Loire looks well, with woods, culture, and scattered houses. ..."
6. The St. Lawrence River: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque by George Waldo Browne (1905)
"... Names—An Atmosphere of Age—Peasant Population—Three Types—Early farmhouses—The
Harvest Festival— Christmas-tide—A True Son of Old Normandy. ..."
7. Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis (1882)
"Where we live—Snow-peaks and distant prospects—Forest-fires—The Coast Mountains
and Mary's Peak—Sunset in Oregon—farmhouses: the log-cabin, the box-house, ..."
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