Definition of "sandlot" [sand•lot]

• A vacant lot used especially by children for unorganized sports and games. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or played in a sandlot: sandlot baseball. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It survived and thrived because on little league fields and high school diamonds and even the occasional "sandlot" - what a quaint word - across America and, indeed, across other continents, kids learned to love and appreciate this unique and exquisite game."
• "If Matt Christopher had devoted that many pages to Tommy, we would have followed him through his high school and college years, into his pro career and through his stint in drug rehab and three failed marriages, finally closing out with Tommy's retirement in Florida where he spent weekends selling his autograph at card shows to aging fans who fondly recalled his sandlot successes."
• "But she noted, too, Canadians can be forgiven for "thinking that Parliament is a nasty kind of sandlot filled with testosterone-driven egos."