grassplot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grassplot
Example Sentences
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The court was partly paved with stone, but was roofless, and on a grassplot a fountain played under young trees in the sunlight.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It was early in July, a hot and sunny morning, and Fanny Fitz, seated on the flawless grassplot in front of Craffroe Lodge hall-door, was engaged in =51= washing the dogs.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)
And the boy saw all that the little girl spoke of as she sat behind him on the stick, for it passed before him although they were only galloping round the grassplot.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Another day Glumdalclitch left me on a smooth grassplot to divert myself, while she walked at some distance with her governess.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
The garden is for the greater part utilitarian; but in front of the salon windows there is a grassplot, bordered by stiff gravel-walks, and relieved by a couple of flower-beds.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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