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conacre
/ kʌˈneːkər /
noun
- farming land let for a season or for eleven months
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conacre1
C19: from corn 1+ acre
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Example Sentences
The pig paid the rent, and made manure which was put out on the ground of some neighbouring farmer, hired as 'conacre.'
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By letting this conacre land in little patches, a high rent is secured, which the tenants have no option but to promise to pay.
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A thousand excuses will be made for taking partners, for subletting on the "conacre" and other systems.
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The neighboring gentry are bent, as conacre has ceased to pay, on supplanting the population by cattle.
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