Definitions

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  • noun US A plot of ground allocated for children's recreation; a playground.

Etymologies

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play +‎ lot

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Examples

  • When Nettelhorst hoped to start a French Farmers 'Market with Bensidoun USA on the school's front playlot, our first stop was the Alderman's office.

    Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will Jacqueline Edelberg 2010

  • When Nettelhorst hoped to start a French Farmers 'Market with Bensidoun USA on the school's front playlot, our first stop was the Alderman's office.

    Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will Jacqueline Edelberg 2010

  • In partnership with the Chicago Blackhawks, we built a street hockey field in the front playlot and a a state-of-the-art fitness room.

    Jacqueline Edelberg: Hooray for Healthy Lunches! Jacqueline Edelberg 2010

  • In partnership with the Chicago Blackhawks, we built a street hockey field in the front playlot and a a state-of-the-art fitness room.

    Jacqueline Edelberg: Hooray for Healthy Lunches! Jacqueline Edelberg 2010

  • In partnership with the Chicago Blackhawks, we built a street hockey field in the front playlot and a a state-of-the-art fitness room.

    Jacqueline Edelberg: Hooray for Healthy Lunches! Jacqueline Edelberg 2010

  • Before that, the neighborhood had had to make do with a playlot on Ashland and the yard of the Stephen F. Gale School on Jonquil

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The Chicago Park District is so short of funds it's cutting programs, raising fees, and telling community groups that if they want a playlot, soccer field, or running track, they'll need to raise the money themselves.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Two children were shot tonight in a playlot in the Southeast Side's Hegewisch neighborhood.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • According to a law enforcement source, a 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were with a group of other people in a playlot outside Clay Elementary School when two gunmen approached from an adjacent alley and opened fire toward the crowd.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Now she lives in Richmond, just 18 blocks from a playlot in the heart of the "Iron

    CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports 2010

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