"baby-farmer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baby-farmers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby-farmer (plural baby-farmers)
  1. Alternative form of baby farmer Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: baby farmer
    Sense id: en-baby-farmer-en-noun-mV72y~EE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1884, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record - Volume 26, page 154",
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          "ref": "1884 September 1, “Baby-farming Disclosures in the Potteries”, in Midland Medical Miscellany and Provincial Medical Journal, volume 3, number 33, page 278",
          "text": "When the baby-farmer went to register the infant's death, the registrar, learning that it was illegitimate, and thinking that some of the statements made regarding it were suspicious, very properly insisted on the attendance of the mother before he would grant the certificate of registration.",
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