🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

가난한 농장

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gananhan nongjang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dirt-farm/ˈdɜːrt.fɑːrm/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 황폐하고 가난한 농장에서 일하며 자랐습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, poor, or barely productive farm that yields meager returns.

    "He grew up working hard on a rocky dirt-farm in the rural hills."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to or characteristic of poor agricultural operations or rustic, impoverished rural life.

    "She adopted a dirt-farm philosophy of self-sufficiency and simple living."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from American English colloquial usage combining 'dirt' (referring to poor or uncultivated soil) and 'farm' (an agricultural holding). Emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term historically denoted a marginal or impoverished farm where cultivation yielded barely enough to survive.

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