finca
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“But this was in the countryside, in a finca, in La Vega, Manguito. And ever since then I have dreamed a lot about flying.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The finca is on our minds all the time.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
In the first chapter, Basch and Berry are staying at their Costa Rican finca, and Basch requires stitches from a Tica physician.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2019
The finca, which became the property of the Cuban government, soon fell into disrepair.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018
A cowboy rounded up the cattle in Lalao’s finca, and on her side of the fence, Doña Ana led her cow to the shack behind her house.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
During his time in office, Arbenz emerged as the owner of a $3,000,000 cotton plantation; his Interior Minister turned into a gentleman-farmer with two coffee fincas; another pal acquired two mansions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of his 50-odd cattle ranches and 45 coffee fincas he got by "smart buying."
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost everyone was off, working in the coffee fincas.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
Many of them were certainly away upon their fields and ranches, scattered through the mountains, and working fincas for wealthy landowners.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
The male indians of Tuxtla are, in large part, employed in contract labor on fincas at a distance from the town.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
