When Megan in San Diego heard her father say he had to park way out in the back forty, he was using a farm expression for land far from the house, road, or main lot. The Dictionary of American Regional English gives back forty as a remote, large...
flake
n.— «A flake of hay refers to as section approximately 2 to 3 inches wide.» —by North American Limousin Foundation Feed a Winner May 22, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)