Back-forty Definition

noun
(US) The remote part of a farm.
They couldn't contact the farmer right away because he was out plowing the back forty.
Wiktionary
(US) The most remote or inaccessible part of any place.
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Other Word Forms of Back-forty

Noun

Singular:
back-forty
Plural:
back forties

Origin of Back-forty

  • From back + forty (forty acres would be one quarter of one of the 160-acre farms granted by the first of the US Homestead Acts).

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