sandlot
noun
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
sandlots
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pluralof sandlot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The most impactful player in baseball history grew up here, Jackie Robinson learning his craft on the sandlots of Pasadena just up the road from Chavez Ravine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Robinson rose from the sandlots of Oakland to become one of baseball’s most feared sluggers — his 586 home runs rank 10th on baseball’s all-time list.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
“I played in the sandlots as a kid, in high school regionals. In college, baseball was my social life and my passion. I just loved it and I still love it.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 28, 2017
His house was not far from the grocery store that Mario Cuomo’s parents owned, and Ward, who played baseball as a boy, remembers the future governor from games in the neighborhood sandlots.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 31, 2015
The despised Salvation Army trying to feed a thousand homeless and hungry men on the sandlots of San Francisco proves that already the curse has travelled across the continent.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
