sandlot
noun
sand·lot
ˈsan(d)-ˌlät 
: a vacant lot especially when used for usually unorganized sports
sandlot
adjective
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The Sandlot, a coming-of-age film, centers on a boy named Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry), who befriends a group of boys playing baseball at his new neighborhood’s sandlot during the summer of 1962.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Young Bob played on sandlots in Birmingham with white friends during the Jim Crow era.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
In the 1930s, a member of a prominent Bay Area ranching family snapped up an undeveloped beachfront sandlot in California‘s San Diego County.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
The swing was honed on the sandlots of suburban Orange County, the product of years of daily batting practice between a son and his dad.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Young Bob played on sandlots in Birmingham with white friends during the Jim Crow era.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
In the 1930s, a member of a prominent Bay Area ranching family snapped up an undeveloped beachfront sandlot in California‘s San Diego County.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
The swing was honed on the sandlots of suburban Orange County, the product of years of daily batting practice between a son and his dad.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Sandlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandlot. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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sandlot
noun
sand·lot
ˈsan-ˌ(d)lät
: a vacant lot especially when used by youngsters for unorganized sports
sandlot
adjective
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