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fur farm

noun

  1. a farm on which animals, as minks, are raised for their pelts.


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Other Words From

  • fur farming noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fur farm1

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

They found their solution in Felicia, the smallest available ferret from a fur farm in Minnesota, and purchased her for $35.

Also, these foxes were already “tame”—they were picked up from fur farms in Siberia, so they had a jump-start in adjusting to humans.

That was seen in Denmark, which this fall reported transmission of the covid virus between humans and mink and back again, a situation deemed so dangerous that the country ordered all the mink on commercial fur farms to be culled.

Last month, outbreaks of coronavirus among mink in Utah resulted in the closure of fur farms across the state.

Why, you see, hes a man thats runnin a fur farm over this way, Teddy explained.

Yuh see, I got to know Mr. Coombs right well, for he was interested in my ijee o' startin' a fur farm.

Half the proceeds o' the fur farm was to come to me, while I stayed here to look after things.

Does this fur farm belong to some company, that Obed is working for?

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