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PRISON FARM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prison farm mean? 

PRISON FARM (noun)
  The noun PRISON FARM has 1 sense:

1. a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projectsplay

  Familiarity information: PRISON FARM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRISON FARM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

prison camp; prison farm; work camp

Hypernyms ("prison farm" is a kind of...):

camp (a penal institution (often for forced labor))


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