nearby farmer

collocation in English

meaningsofnearbyandfarmer

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nearby
adverb
adjective
uk
/ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/us
/ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/
not ...
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farmer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɑː.mər/us
/ˈfɑːr.mɚ/
someone who owns or takes care of ...
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(Definition ofnearbyandfarmerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some little time ago the education committee of my county council bought several acres of land from anearbyfarmerfor the purpose of establishing a playing field.
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He survived the attack and the family moved him to the house of a kindnearbyfarmer.
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The cousin delivers the poems, and the sisters are saved by anearbyfarmerwho takes them to a hospital.
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In many instances these homeowners will ask anearbyfarmerto farm the back 5acre m2 or convert7 of their parcel.
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I know of no recent instance where the construction or extension of an airfield has created drainage problems for nearby farmers.
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The travellers would steal petrol from local garages and demand drinking water from nearby farmers.
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The excess water was sold water to nearby farmers.
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The noxious gas destroyed the crops of nearby farmers.
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Unfortunately, its swimming caused the pond to overflow nearly every day, and the waves often capsized the nearby farmers' boats.
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A small number of students are dayscholar students who are mostly children of the staff and nearby farmers.
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He must land in a nearby farmer's field.
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For many years during that century, the structure was used as a henhouse by nearby farmers.
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Water was first used to irrigate a demonstration farm, and then the fields of nearby farmers.
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There have been reports that the projectile came from a small boat, and others that it came from a nearby farmers' market.
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Fires deliberately set in the early 19th century by nearby farmers concerned with wolves denning in blowdown snags resulted in the denudation of the mountain.
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The nearby farmers bought lots of land in the area around the store and constructed their homes there, forming a small settlement.
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There are cast iron skillets, ceramic pots, wooden toys, and leather harnesses, many of them purchases from local second hand shops or gifts of nearby farmers.
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