elderly farmer

collocation in English

meaningsofelderlyandfarmer

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elderly
adjective
uk
/ˈel.dəl.i/us
/ˈel.dɚ.li/
polite word ...
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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 ofelderlyandfarmerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How does today'selderlyfarmer, perhaps like myself, get out with dignity and without losing everything?
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Suppose a retirement grant were made available to anelderlyfarmerso that he could build a house.
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On the other hand, anelderlyfarmerwho rents out land for a short period to one neighbour or another may indeed depend for his regular income on that land.
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Theelderlyfarmermay be clinging on to a farm which he should not be in, and he could be helped to buy a house to retire to.
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The last elder they present their argument to is anelderlyfarmer.
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Oneelderlyfarmerrecognized several of the mourners and the procession halted before a house before vanishing.
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Elderly farmers needed an adult child or child-in-law to do heavy work when they were no longer capable of doing it themselves.
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For some in the dairy industry, particularly elderly farmers who are locked into farm tenancies in difficult areas, the milk quota is their pension.
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There is a possible way of encouraging the retirement of elderly farmers who at the present time are unable to retire.
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We should consider helping elderly farmers to retire if they so wished.
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Farmers make up a significant proportion of the working population, but there is also a significant number of elderly farmers.
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The elderly farmer's son is a rickshaw puller in the nearby town.
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