sandlot
[ sand-lot ]
/ ˈsændˌlɒt /
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noun
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
adjective
Also sand-lot. of, relating to, or played in such a lot: sandlot baseball.
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Examples from the Web for sand-lot
America listened to the blatant demagogues, the "sand-lot orators," and excluded the Chinese.
As A Chinaman Saw Us|AnonymousThat was the way they looked in Tompkins Square twenty years ago when the square was a sand-lot given up to rioting and disorder.
The Children of the Poor|Jacob A. RiisUnder the excitement of sand-lot meetings, the Chinese were driven under cover.
Our Foreigners|Samuel P. OrthTo think of a Giant player being caught by a sand-lot trick!
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team|Lester Chadwick
British Dictionary definitions for sand-lot
sandlot
/ (ˈsændˌlɒt) /
noun US
an area of vacant ground used by children for playing baseball and other games
(modifier) denoting a game or sport played on a sandlotsandlot baseball
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Word Origin and History for sand-lot
sand-lot
also sandlot, "plot of empty land in a town or suburb," 1878, from sand (n.) + lot. In reference to the kind of sports or games played on them by amateurs, it is recorded from 1890, American English.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper