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
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 M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
"Louisa, Louisa, where are you?" cried the young lady, stepping quickly forward toward a side-path, which led from the broad avenue, and at the end of which was a sunny grassplot.
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Peter Langley
Embedded at the corner of a grassplot across the street was a whitewashed stone, the size of a small watermelon and serving no purpose whatever save the questionable one of decoration.
From Penrod by Booth Tarkington
On the grassplot, in the shade of a great cherry-tree, Laura and Helen were playing at graces.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various
