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bush lot
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1†
a holding of uncleared land.
Quotations
1891
There was not a tree cut on the 200 acres at the time, so . . . [they] had to undergo the hardships and privations peculiar to early pioneer settlement on a bush lot in the back-woods.
1928
. . . I'll take a bush lot from the Seminary and be a farmer. . . .
2
a tract of land left uncleared on a farm and used as a source of wood, and as a grazing area for cattle.
See: bush ((n.))(def. 2)
Quotations
1947
Trucks can't pick up saw-logs, or cord-wood, in a bushlot that is swimming ankle deep in water and bumper-deep in mud.