groundskeeping love

Definitions

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  • noun The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution

Etymologies

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grounds +‎ keeping

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Examples

  • Polaris said schools can use its vehicles for tasks such as groundskeeping, security and event management.

    Fore, right! The Associated Press 2010

  • Some of the projects previously outsourced that may now be done by Celebration staff, such as groundskeeping, trash removal and cleaning.

    Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines 2008

  • It's all approved and sanctioned, part of an only-in-Washington accommodation reached some years ago between a private graveyard strapped for groundskeeping cash and urban pet owners happy to pay a user's fee in return for about 35 acres of fenced greenery.

    Rest in pees A walking tour of Congressional Cemetery Gene Weingarten 2010

  • From earlier explorations I knew this was the groundskeeping and animal care complex.

    NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010

  • Though the association's board of directors is made up of neighborhood residents, they pay a full-time general manager and other staff members to handle such things as adherence to covenants, facility maintenance and groundskeeping.

    Where We Live: Lansdowne on the Potomac, in Virginia's Loudoun County 2010

  • From earlier explorations I knew this was the groundskeeping and animal care complex.

    NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010

  • Players and staff members were dismissed for the smallest infraction, and Mr. Steinbrenner micromanaged every detail of his franchise, from the length of his players 'hair to groundskeeping and press releases.

    George Steinbrenner dies at 80; Yankees owner built billion-dollar empire 2010

  • Though the association's board of directors is made up of neighborhood residents, they pay a full-time general manager and other staff members to handle such things as adherence to covenants, facility maintenance and groundskeeping.

    Where We Live: Lansdowne on the Potomac, in Virginia's Loudoun County 2010

  • From earlier explorations I knew this was the groundskeeping and animal care complex.

    NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010

  • Grabbing some take out and sitting on the plushest green grass around (thank you UNC groundskeeping), under the shadiest trees while soaking in the best people watching ever.

    at least there's ye olde waffles 2009

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