baby farm

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Noun

baby farm (plural baby farms)

  1. (informal) An institution that is paid to care for unwanted children, often doubling as an orphanage or home for unwed mothers.
    Synonym: baby factory
    • 2000, Peter Watt, Cry of the Curlew:
      But the bastard son of Fiona and Michael Duffy had been sent to a baby farm.
    • 2005, Dennis W. Shepherd, The Papaw Diary, page 363:
      As he did a little pamphlet fell out. It was kind of pink in color. At the top it said "Rangsit Home for Babies." It was a little booklet that told all about the baby farm at Rangsit. It was printed by the government of the country where Rangsit was.
    • 2012, Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician:
      The FBI and police handled the investigation and found where she had delivered the baby, which was a black market baby farm preying on young pregnant women who did not want to keep their babies.
    • 2013, Carol J Larson, The Baby Farm:
      “Her mother ran a baby farm before she became a whore," Rosemary said. "Put Sage and three other children in here when she got sick. Sage know all about that life. After all, she lived it."

Usage notes

  • The term baby farm carries the connotation of a poor standard of care for the children it houses and nourishes.

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