Smallholding vs Cottage - What's the difference?
smallholding | cottage |
(British) A piece of land, smaller than a farm, used for the cultivation of vegetables or the breeding of animals
(American) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves]] (generally 19 or less). Contrasted with middling plantation'' (20-49 slaves) and ''large plantation (50+ and owned by [[planter, planters).
A small house; a cot; a hut.
A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
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, title= (UK, slang, dated) A public toilet.
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
(intransitive, British, slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
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As nouns the difference between smallholding and cottage
is that smallholding is (british) a piece of land, smaller than a farm, used for the cultivation of vegetables or the breeding of animals while cottage is a small house; a cot; a hut.As a verb cottage is
to stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.smallholding
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(wikipedia smallholding) (en noun)- "…the larger plantations implemented different crop choices, surveillance strategies, and labor management practices than did smallholdings ." (Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South : "Introduction" 8, 2003)
cottage
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(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage ’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”}}