Definition of "grassplot" [grass•plot]

• Eastern U.S. See parking. See Regional Note at parking. (noun)

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• "Strictly speaking, a grassplot should be all grass, grass and a little white clover."
• "Morton accompanied him to a sequestered grassplot, where their colleagues awaited them."
• "In the most dark and dingy quarters of the city, the drawing-room window resembles frequently a bank of flowers; every spot capable of vegetation has its grassplot and flower-bed; and every square its mimic park, laid out with picturesque taste, and gleaming with refreshing verdure."