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

"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

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)

"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

A great gateway opens from the park into a kind of courtyard in front of the house, ornamented with a grassplot, shrubs, and flower-beds.

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington