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

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)

Where did it come from—that quaint little house with the fanlight over the door and the flower-starred grassplot in front?

From Greenwich Village by Cram, Allan G. (Allan Gilbert)

Historians," she added, "believe that the spring of fresh water whose discovery by Blackstone led Winthrop's party to prefer Boston to Charlestown, was probably not far from the centre of the grassplot in the square.

From Brenda, Her School and Her Club by Reed, Helen Leah

When he was gone, I went across the street to see Butterwick about top-dressing my grassplot.

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Clark, Charles Heber