baby farm
baby farm noun: an institution that is paid to care for unwanted children, often doubling as an orphanage or home for unwed mothers.
Noun
baby farm (plural baby farms)
- An institution that is paid to care for unwanted children, often doubling as an orphanage or home for unwed mothers.
- But the bastard son of Fiona and Michael Duffy had been sent to a baby farm.2000, Peter Watt, Cry of the Curlew
- As he did a little pamphlet fell out. It was kind of pink in color. At the top it said "Rangsit Home for Babies." It was a little booklet that told all about the baby farm at Rangsit. It was printed by the government of the country where Rangsit was.2005, Dennis W. Shepherd, The Papaw Diary, page 363
- Synonyms:
- baby factory
Examples of baby farm in a sentence
- The FBI and police handled the investigation and found where she had delivered the baby, which was a black market baby farm preying on young pregnant women who did not want to keep their babies.2012, Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician:
- “Her mother ran a baby farm before she became a whore," Rosemary said.2013, Carol J Larson, The Baby Farm:
Synonyms of baby farm
Forms of baby farm
| plural | baby farms |
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| alternative form | baby-farm |
Questions about baby farm
- What does baby farm mean?
- Baby farm means an institution that is paid to care for unwanted children, often doubling as an orphanage or home for unwed mothers.
- How do you use baby farm in a sentence?
- The FBI and police handled the investigation and found where she had delivered the baby, which was a black market baby farm preying on young pregnant women who did not want to keep their babies.
- What part of speech is baby farm?
- Baby farm is a noun.
- What is the plural of baby farm?
- The plural of baby farm is baby farms.
Words near baby farm in the dictionary
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