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Conacre

CONACRE (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.

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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