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farmhouse

[fahrm-haus] / ˈfɑrmˌhaʊs /
NOUN
hacienda
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She married Bill Darrid, a writer-producer, and we moved into a three-bedroom farmhouse in Westport, Conn. I finally had a father who listened to me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In rural Holguín province, about 420 miles east of Havana, she visited Castro’s childhood home, a rambling wooden farmhouse that is now a national monument and museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The actor overhauled that home—a farmhouse, which was built in the 18th century—shortly after snapping it up to include six bedrooms, seven bathrooms.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Their farmhouse was already old when I first saw it in 1966, complete with a chicken coop out back.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

It’s right next to a farmhouse, which is all white and picturesque, with barns and outbuildings.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

The detached single-family house has been the great constant of American life, from the saltbox farmhouses of 17th-century New England to the modern mansions of 2020s suburbia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

From a window of one of those farmhouses, Shona Anderson looks out on to a view generations of families in the area thought might never exist.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

He and his wife own a home in Kamakura, Japan, where they had two historical farmhouses disassembled and reassembled on their property.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024

On the outskirts of the town, lamps glowed in the farmhouses and shacks, the families settling in for the evening.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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