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

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 Tarkington, Booth

"I've brung you home, and you're on your own grassplot, same's you were."

From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Sidney, Margaret

Last year the old apple tree by the grassplot bore only one apple, and we kept it in the cupboard till it was quite withered and rotten.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

"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 Langley, Peter