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In that case, by plunging into the little street before him, he might escape, if he could reach the timber-yards, the marshes, the market-gardens, the uninhabited ground which was not built upon.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

What is now Fourteenth Street was then a place given over to market-gardens.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter

Water-cresses are now cultivated, like cabbages, in market-gardens.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

Flourishing nurseries and market-gardens are situated in the marshy ground to the north and north-east.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Wherever the soil and water are favourable for market-gardens, the country-side abounds in irrigation wells, often only six feet in width, and provided with a double windlass or sweep.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.