smallholding

smallholding

See also: small holding

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English small
English holding
English smallholding

    From small + holding.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsmɔlˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/

    Noun

    smallholding (plural smallholdings)

    1. A small farm.
    2. The owning of such a farm.
    3. (US, historical) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less).
      • 2003, Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South, page 8:
        […] the larger plantations implemented different crop choices, surveillance strategies, and labor management practices than did smallholdings.

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