baby farmn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪbɪ fɑːm/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪbi ˌfɑrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: baby n., farm n.²

Etymology: < baby n. + farm n.² Compare baby farmer n., baby farming n.

derogatory. Now historical.

A place where the lodging and care of (typically unwanted) babies or young children is undertaken for profit; spec. one where the care is unsatisfactory, children may be neglected, and mortality rates are high.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > rearing children for profit > place where children are lodged

baby farm1867

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after > care of child or children > looking after children for profit > place where

baby farm1867

1867 Lancet 28 Sept. 405/2 Why then should ‘baby-farms’ be left entirely free from control?

1868 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Jan. 75/2 Poor-law medical officers should have a power of entering, inspecting, and regulating baby-farms.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 8/2 For keeping an unregistered baby-farm and neglecting five children under her care.

1907 N.Z. Truth 30 Mar. 6 The coronial inquiry into the death of Baby Booth at Mrs Mitchell's baby farm was concluded on Monday.

1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk iii. 94 You're suggesting that she ran a baby farm.

1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Nov. f11/2 Her baby was relegated to one of the infamous ‘baby farms’ (boarding homes) where most of the babies died sooner or later.

Derivatives

ˈbaby-farmed adj. now rare (of a child) lodged in a baby farm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looked after or cared for > by a baby-farmer

baby-farmed1877

1877 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxi, in Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 20 Jan. 102/3 A soul has been starved..—stunted, and shrivelled from lack of nutriment and exercise, like a baby-farmed infant's body.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 30 May 3/1 The baby-farmed child.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	baby farm
释义	baby farmn. Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪ fɑːm/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbi ˌfɑrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: baby n., farm n.² Etymology: < baby n. + farm n.² Compare baby farmer n., baby farming n. derogatory. Now historical. A place where the lodging and care of (typically unwanted) babies or young children is undertaken for profit; spec. one where the care is unsatisfactory, children may be neglected, and mortality rates are high. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > rearing children for profit > place where children are lodged baby farm1867 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after > care of child or children > looking after children for profit > place where baby farm1867 1867 Lancet 28 Sept. 405/2 Why then should ‘baby-farms’ be left entirely free from control? 1868 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Jan. 75/2 Poor-law medical officers should have a power of entering, inspecting, and regulating baby-farms. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 8/2 For keeping an unregistered baby-farm and neglecting five children under her care. 1907 N.Z. Truth 30 Mar. 6 The coronial inquiry into the death of Baby Booth at Mrs Mitchell's baby farm was concluded on Monday. 1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk iii. 94 You're suggesting that she ran a baby farm. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Nov. f11/2 Her baby was relegated to one of the infamous ‘baby farms’ (boarding homes) where most of the babies died sooner or later. Derivatives ˈbaby-farmed adj. now rare (of a child) lodged in a baby farm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looked after or cared for > by a baby-farmer baby-farmed1877 1877 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxi, in Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 20 Jan. 102/3 A soul has been starved..—stunted, and shrivelled from lack of nutriment and exercise, like a baby-farmed infant's body. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 30 May 3/1 The baby-farmed child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1867
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