grassplot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grassplot
Example Sentences
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The court was partly paved with stone, but was roofless, and on a grassplot a fountain played under young trees in the sunlight.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The garden is for the greater part utilitarian; but in front of the salon windows there is a grassplot, bordered by stiff gravel-walks, and relieved by a couple of flower-beds.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Last year the old apple tree by the grassplot bore only one apple, and we kept it in the cupboard till it was quite withered and rotten.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Presently she turned from the sidewalk, crossed a small grassplot, and stood on the doorstep with her hand on the latch while they went by.
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
I saw nothing, no sign of life, as I circled through the trees of the orchard, and came out upon the grassplot facing the front porch.
From My Lady of Doubt by Kimball, Alonzo
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