Definition of farmhouse
: a dwelling on a farm
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Recent Examples of farmhouse from the Web
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Deeper into the fields is an old farmhouse flanked by shiny new buildings that resemble barns and a yard packed tight with vehicles.
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Some favorite moments come courtesy of Wydetta Carter as nosy neighbor Marge, with Terry Hamilton as her husband Charlie, sharing her binoculars through their farmhouse window.
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The Heritage Village, staged like an old pioneers settlement, has become the permanent home to historical buildings, including the 1892 Symerton train depot, an 1865 farmhouse from Crest Hill, and a 1857 one-room school house from Homer Glen.
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CANYON COUNTY, Idaho -- Friends are telling media outlets that a person of interest sought after three people were found shot dead at his Idaho farmhouse last week had a girlfriend, although he was married.
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The footprint of the contemporary farmhouse is almost exactly the same as that of the original ranch.
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The sheriff’s deputy responding to the home noticed signs that something was amiss and so began looking around the tiny farmhouse and wooded lot, Dashiell said.
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A sheriff’s deputy found the bodies hidden in a shed after out-of-state family members called to ask that someone check on Bullinger and other relatives who had recently moved to the farmhouse.
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A law enforcement officer found the bodies about 11 a.m. Monday after responding to a welfare check at the small farmhouse on the outskirts of Caldwell, Canyon County Chief Deputy Marv Dashiell said.
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