SANDLOT

sandlot

(noun) a vacant lot used by city boys to play games

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sandlot (plural sandlots)

A vacant lot where children play.

Anagrams

• Dalston, Daltons, Tolands, daltons

Source: Wiktionary


Sand"-lot`, a.

Definition: Lit., of or pert. to a lot or piece of sandy ground, -- hence, pert. to, or characteristic of, the policy or practices of the socialistic or communistic followers of the Irish agitator Denis Kearney, who delivered many of his speeches in the open sand lots about San Francisco; as, the sand-lot constitution of California, framed in 1879, under the influence of sand-lot agitation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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