pleasure ground
Example Sentences
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Considering this, it would be especially inequitable for the vehicles of out-of-state residents to bisect this great pleasure ground with their desire for fast and convenient transportation to destinations beyond the park.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
In 1890, Congress indeed contemplated that this pleasure ground would be laid out and prepared for “roadways … to be used for driving.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
London in particular has presented itself very effectively since the 90s as a civilised, slightly retro pleasure ground for the global rich, and How to Spend It has helped burnish that myth.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2018
Yellowstone, Adams believed, was being sold to the public as a pleasure ground, whereas to him it was more like a church.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2017
On the west of Arnhem is another pleasure ground, called the Reeberg, with a casino, and the woods of Heienoord.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
