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n. - Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land; Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it.

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  • The programs are often called homestead exemptions.
  • These are what I called "homestead crafts" because they were similar to things we did in homestead days.
  • Throughout Bantu history, there is every reason to suppose that food preparation was the undertaking of women within homestead environs.
  • His homestead is his own, yet no American citizen has a right there.
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