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Definition of Farmwives
1. farmwife [n] - See also: farmwife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farmwives
Literary usage of Farmwives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1892)
"The farmwives are glad to see us as we glide up to the house place, and they
scuttle down the steps of the spring- house and come back with full bowls of ..."
2. Co-operation at Home and Abroad: A Description and Analysis by Charles Ryle Fay (1908)
"... with offers of temporarily higher prices, which are reduced as soon as the
society is crushed or recouped out of farmwives in non- society districts. ..."
3. Waterways Versus Railroads by Harold Glenn Moulton (1912)
"The market produce of the surrounding country is brought into the city in boats
by the good Dutch farmwives, is spread out for display in the market-place, ..."
4. Waterways Versus Railways by Harold Glenn Moulton (1914)
"... good Dutch farmwives, is spread out for display in the market-place, and sold
direct, in large part, to families desiring a day's supply of fresh fruit ..."
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