Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A vacant lot used especially by children for unorganized sports and games.
- adj. Of, relating to, or played in a sandlot: sandlot baseball.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or resembling the socialistic or communistic followers of Denis Kearney, an Irish agitator, whose principal place of meeting was in the “sand-lots” or unoccupied lands of San Francisco: as, a sand-lot orator; the sand-lot constitution (the constitution of California framed in the year 1879 under the influence of the “sand-lot” agitation).
Wiktionary
- n. A vacant lot where children play.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. 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.
- adj. of or pertaining to a sandlot; -- used especially in reference to informal games played by children
- n. a vacant lot, especially one where children play games.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
Examples
“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.”
“He dreamed he was with his older brothers, playing sandlot football, running and laughing, horsing around just like they used to when they were together as kids in Jacksonville, Fla.”
“As Dave Lopez, the state's secretary of commerce and tourism told me at a breakfast last month, the answer was as mortifying as being the last kid picked for a sandlot ball game; United executives "couldn't imagine living in Oklahoma.”
The Huffington Post: Christine Negroni: Thunder and Aerospace A Winning Combination
“That constant and lofty principle ranked right up there with "loser walks" after a touchdown in sandlot football.”
The Huffington Post: Judge H. Lee Sarokin: I Want My America Back -- not the Tea Party's America
“The game's proceeds supported New York's youth sandlot baseball programs, according to Mets historian Matthew Silverman.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Mystery of the 1978 Mayor's Trophy
“The Republicans are like a sandlot bully playing marbles, losing and stomping off (or stomping their opponent, like all bullies do) while whining that they are the victim.”
“Just a couple of years ago, he was in a sandlot, earning $200 a game in the Intense Football League, and clerking in a jewelry store to cover his bills.”
The Washington Post: Special team? Redskins value desire over pedigree
“(Carl always said he got in only because Mercer, his friend and mentor, owed him one: Back in the 1930s, my dad secured Johnny, who was not nearly as gifted at baseball as he was at songwriting, a spot on a hot Brooklyn sandlot team.)”
The Huffington Post: Michael Sigman: Songwriters Hall Of Fame Finds a Home
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Sand
A nitty-gritty list for words containing sand-, -sand-, or -sand; and apropos terms and phrases. Your contributions are welcome.
sand-blast, sand-jet, greensand, sandpaper, sandlot, sandstorm, sandbar, sandbag, sandwich, sandwort, Cassandra, sandhog and 218 more...
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End in -ot
Just what it says. Words that end in -ot.
wainscot, ascot, marmot, jot, ocelot, spot, blot, scot, lot, shot, dot, snot and 219 more...
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