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north forties

north forties is the plural of north forty.

Meaning of north forty

Noun

north forty (plural north forties)

  1. (usually preceded by the) A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch.
    • I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of the north forty.2005, Don Aslett, Done!, →ISBN, page 185
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) Farms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively.
    • In Dallas and Houston, the dominant architectural forms are glass office towers and air-conditioned shopping malls that owe more to the Bauhaus than to the North Forty.1984 May 6, David Dillon, “An Architectural Tour Of the Lone Star State”, in Washington Post, retrieved 22 Sep 2015
  3. (idiomatic) Any remote place.
    • [P]arts of him, uh, are as far away as the north forty. Muscle has been drawn out. . . . His arms—can you imagine?—feel longer.1998, D. Keith Mano, Take Five, →ISBN, page 369
    Synonyms:
    remote place

Questions about north forties

What is north forties the plural of?
North forties is the plural of north forty.

Words near north forties in the dictionary

  1. North Fayette
  2. North Ferriby
  3. North Ferrisburgh
  4. North Finnish
  5. North Fort Myers
  6. north forties
  7. north forty
  8. North Franklin
  9. North Fremantle
  10. North Frisia
  11. North Frisian

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