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ranch +‎ -ette

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ranchette (plural ranchettes)

  1. A small ranch or large home lot, often on the outskirts of a major metropolitan area and just past the planned neighborhoods, consisting of 40 acres and a house and possibly a barn or other outbuildings.
    • 2001 August 26, Garrison Keillor, “In Search of Lake Wobegon”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      There are trace elements of ranchettes all the way to St. Cloud, the Stearns County seat.

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