vest-pocket park
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vest-pocket park
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The vest-pocket park sits to the west of Buttermilk Park at the tail end of Wilks Avenue.
From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2017
Among her beneficiaries were the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a tree-lined vest-pocket park called Greenacres, which she opened to provide "some moments of serenity" on Manhattan's bustling East Side.
From Time Magazine Archive
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