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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 projects
Familiarity information: PRISON FARM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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