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Conacre
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(a corruption of corn-acre), in Ireland, a system of letting land, mostly in small patches, and usually for the growth of potatoes as a kind of return instead of wages. It is now practically obsolete.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Conacre'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/conacre.html. 1910.