| 单词 | three acres and a cow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree acres and a cow three acres and a cow n. regarded as the requirement for self-sufficiency. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft manslotOE bargain1602 burgaine1607 smallholding1696 possession1717 farmlet1794 homecroft1828 croft1850 crofting1851 five-acre1863 three acres and a cow1885 farmette1913 minifundium1950 minifundioa1955 1885 J. Chamberlain in Times 17 Nov. 10/2 This man..reported..that wherever the labourer had land and kept a cow—‘three acres and a cow’ (loud laughter)..the poor rates were reduced. 1889 G. N. Curzon Russia in Central Asia vii. 239 The majority of residents would seem to have attained the ideal of Arcadian bliss expressed elsewhere in the historical phrase, ‘Three acres and a cow’. 1964 Eng. Stud. 45 (Suppl.) 214 Chesterton the Distributist and advocate of ‘three acres and a cow’. < as lemmas |
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