north forty

Definitions

1. 1

   A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch.

   • I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of the north forty.
2. 2

   Farms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively.

   • In Dallas and Houston, the dominant architectural forms are glass office towers and air-conditioned shopping malls that owe more to the Bauhaus than to the North Forty.
   • [N]ot all roadside stands sell produce from the "north forty," rather their produce is the result of efforts before and after someone's day job and a fertile back yard.
3. 3

   Any remote place.

   • [P]arts of him, uh, are as far away as the north forty. Muscle has been drawn out. . . . His arms—can you imagine?—feel longer.
   • To prepare for a MLB career, he bought beer for some of the regulars sitting next to him in the north forty of Dodger Stadium.

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