lifestyle block

English

Noun

lifestyle block (plural lifestyle blocks)

  1. (New Zealand) A small farm that is not the resident owner's primary source of income, or large residence that includes some agricultural features.
    • 2009 January 3, “Farming Diary for March”, in LSB:
      Keep checking your home and farm security – thieves never sleep and rustling small mobs of stock on lifestyle blocks is on the rise.
    • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 57:
      His parents had a lifestyle block. They called it their life sentence.

Synonyms
  • hobby farm
  • gentleman farm
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