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Definition of Sandlot
1. Noun. A vacant lot used by city boys to play games.
Definition of Sandlot
1. a. 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
Definition of Sandlot
1. Noun. A vacant lot where children play. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sandlot
1. a vacant lot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandlot
Literary usage of Sandlot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Half Century of St. Ignatius Church and College by Joseph W. Riordan (1905)
"In the Alia of the same date, an account is given of one of the sandlot meetings.
"Soon after opening his remarks," it says, "Kearney took up the brick ..."
2. Philo Gubb: Correspondence-school Detective : with Illustrations by Ellis Parker Butler (1918)
"he said, and threw down the empty bottle with a motion of disgust at the cowardice
of sandlot. The bottle burst with a jangling of glass. ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1885)
"This is far more generous and honorable than the doctrine and determination of
the old sandlot, "The Chinese must go. ..."
4. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"... play, or some other social activity, while sandlot baseball thrives on Sunday
afternoons. Even if you are poor and tired—indeed, especially then! ..."
5. The Tide of Immigration by Frank Julian Warne (1916)
"... or the "sandlot Party." This working population, it should be remembered, was
a miscellaneous crowd of wealth seekers drawn not only from ..."
6. The First Half Century of St. Ignatius Church and College by Joseph W. Riordan (1905)
"In the Alia of the same date, an account is given of one of the sandlot meetings.
"Soon after opening his remarks," it says, "Kearney took up the brick ..."
7. Philo Gubb: Correspondence-school Detective : with Illustrations by Ellis Parker Butler (1918)
"he said, and threw down the empty bottle with a motion of disgust at the cowardice
of sandlot. The bottle burst with a jangling of glass. ..."
8. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1885)
"This is far more generous and honorable than the doctrine and determination of
the old sandlot, "The Chinese must go. ..."
9. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"... play, or some other social activity, while sandlot baseball thrives on Sunday
afternoons. Even if you are poor and tired—indeed, especially then! ..."
10. The Tide of Immigration by Frank Julian Warne (1916)
"... or the "sandlot Party." This working population, it should be remembered, was
a miscellaneous crowd of wealth seekers drawn not only from ..."
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