yard grass

British

noun

Also called: wire grass. an Old World perennial grass, Eleusine indica, with prostrate leaves, growing as a troublesome weed on open ground, yards, etc

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If there is a little yard, grass grows between its stones; and the parapet of its wall is crumbling away.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

Before her mother had been a twelvemonth under "the cold blanket o' the kirk yard grass," her father and brothers found rest among the clear cold populous graves of the sea.

From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

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