Thus far, the most talked-about Green Friday hotspot is Denver dispensary the grass Station.
But in New York City, a metropolis with an abundance of concrete and very few fields of grass, a far more subtle display appears.
We sat on the grass, in the hot twilight, watching the fireworks burst in patriotic showers of light over Independence.
The car went into the grass hard and fast, and we ended up flipping eight times.
Then there was a little girl on the grass with her legs spread.
And throwing himself on the grass, he hid his face against the dog and sobbed.
Robert was nothing loth to stay, and resumed his place on the grass.
He sat with his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands, staring at the grass.
The river was frozen, and the grass was white with hoar-frost.
He ran and pulled some grass and proceeded to rub the Major down.
Old English græs, gærs "herb, plant, grass," from Proto-Germanic grasan (cf. Old Norse, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German, German, Gothic gras, Swedish gräs), from PIE *ghros- "young shoot, sprout," from root *ghre- "to grow, become green" (related to grow and green).
As a color name (especially grass-green, Old English græsgrene) by c.1300. Sense of "marijuana" is first recorded 1938, American English. Hawaiian grass skirt attested from 1937; keep off the grass by 1850.
| grass Any of a large family (Gramineae or Poaceae) of monocotyledonous plants having narrow leaves, hollow stems, and clusters of very small, usually wind-pollinated flowers. Grasses include many varieties of plants grown for food, fodder, and ground cover. Wheat, maize, sugar cane, and bamboo are grasses. See more at leaf. |
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