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pleasure ground

NOUN
amusement park
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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

Once the pleasure ground of wealthy Maecenas, it captivated the likes of Augustus, Horace and Virgil.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

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

Paradise, as Aunt-Judy's readers may know, is originally an Eastern word, meaning a park, or pleasure ground.

From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Murphy, Hermann Dudley




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