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land fever † Hist. 
a strong desire to obtain title to public lands offered for settlement.
- 1860 (1960) Let us remember the land fever and take care to avoid catching a complaint of a somewhat similar character under the name of "oil fever".
- 1900 Many years passed before the North-West recovered from the commercial lethargy which followed this attack of land-fever.
- 1860 (1960) Let us remember the land fever and take care to avoid catching a complaint of a somewhat similar character under the name of "oil fever".