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Meanings of work the farm in English

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Usage of work the farm in English
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I'm poor, I am-with havin' sech rheumatism I can't work the farm.
The Rover Boys in New York; Or, Saving Their Father's Honor
2
She's got Ez, and Peter, and 'Lias to work the farm.
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp; Or, Lost in the Backwoods
3
So he taught me to work the farm, taught me about guns and warfare.
The darkest touch
4
David, her eldest son, had come to work the farm.
A Little Girl in Old New York
5
We kept two pair of horses and a yoke of oxen to work the farm.
Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West / The Experience of an Early S...
6
With a little management he paid the interest-leaving himself with barely enough to work the farm.
Hodge and His Masters
7
What Cellini means is that Sbietta was to work the farm, paying Cellini its annual value.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
8
For there is Bill, the second eldest, who stays at home and helps work the farm.
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christm...
9
They were to live in the little shanty that we had just left, and work the farm.
Roughing It in the Bush
10
Stephen did not tell Christopher how Ellen and Myrtle were to work the farm with his aid.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
11
I'll help you take Buddie home, and I'll stay with you and help you work the farm.
Memories / A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During ...
12
Baker got a modem for his computer, and using the computer, helped to work the farm more efficiently.
The new yorker
13
We'll work the farm.'
Lady Merton, Colonist
14
I work the farm!
The Untilled Field
15
I told them of all my ways, taught them how to mind the goats, how to work the farm, and make the bread.
Robinson Crusoe — in Words of One Syllable
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I told them of all my ways, taught them how to mind the goats, how to work the farm, and how to make the bread.
The Elson Readers, Book 5
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