grassplot
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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
Presently she turned from the sidewalk, crossed a small grassplot, and stood on the doorstep with her hand on the latch while they went by.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
We presently found a nice grassplot, at one side of which I took my stand; and all things being prepared, I tossed the kite up just as little John ran off.
From McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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 H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
On the grassplot let us sit, Or, if you please, we'll play a bit, And run about all over it.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
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