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stump ranch
B.C., Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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an undeloped bush ranch, having the trees logged off and, often, having grass sown between the stumps for grazing cattle.
Quotations
1919
They imagine we are going to divide up their old stump ranches they have lived on for many years, which are all mortgaged to some bank or trust company.
1958
The lads . . . were raised on . . . threadbare stump ranches.
1961
Somewhere he has a stump ranch, a little mining claim, a few range cows or a bit of timber he can hand-log.