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public land
noun
: land that is owned and taken care of by the government
Full Definition of PUBLIC LAND
: land owned by a government; specifically : that part of the United States public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws
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First Known Use of PUBLIC LAND
1789
Rhymes with PUBLIC LAND
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