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recreation ground

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noun

  1. Often (informal) shortened to: rec.  an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One, dated February 2008, shows him crouched in snow in the prison’s recreation ground, smiling at dusk.

From The Guardian Nov. 1, 2016

Instead, to the approval of most Berliners, they turned it into a vast recreation ground, a semi-wilderness in the heart of the city.

From New York Times May 12, 2016

A second picture posted by the same user showed the air ambulance had landed in White Hart Lane recreation ground.

From The Guardian Dec. 11, 2015

Hungerford will not be marking the 25th anniversary with a memorial service either at the town's St Lawrence Church or by the memorial plaque and gates at the entrance to the football and recreation ground.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2012

The enclosure was converted into a recreation ground, and formally opened as such by Lady George Hamilton, May 19, 1886, on behalf of the Metropolitan Public Garden Association. 

From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert

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