Meaning of north forty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch.
2. Farms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively.
   broadly, idiomatic
3. Any remote place.
   idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“President Reagan behaved like his predecessors: preaching free enterprise in Washington but playing sugar daddy on the north forty. Mr. Reagan's response to a collapse in world food prices in the early 1980's was to protect American farmers with a $19 billion subsidy.”

“[N]ot all roadside stands sell produce from the "north forty," rather their produce is the result of efforts before and after someone's day job and a fertile back yard.”

“Rush to buy acreage fueling bubble in the north forty. (subheading)”

“[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.”

“While these cool people could have been visiting with peers and gathering insights in the exhibit hall, they chose to hoof it on up to the north forty, “over the river and through the woods” so to speak, and spend forty-five minutes with me sharing their thoughts.”

“To prepare for a MLB career, he bought beer for some of the regulars sitting next to him in the north forty of Dodger Stadium.”

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