recreation ground
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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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