lawn-sprinkler

On Wednesday, with an armada of trucks and vans parked on the grounds, it was clear that new sod and a lawn-sprinkler system were about to be installed and that the roof on the house — a three-story, 25-room structure once known as Thunder Rock — was being replaced with reddish stone.

Crisis in Jersey calls for Portland solution (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

On Wednesday, with an armada of trucks and vans parked on the grounds, it was clear that new sod and a lawn-sprinkler system were about to be installed and that the roof on the house — a three-story, 25-room structure once known as Thunder Rock — was being replaced with reddish stone.

Jack Bog's Blog: August 2009 Archives 2009

Mr. Madoff — who grew up in Queens, N.Y., and once worked as a lawn-sprinkler installer — married his high-school sweetheart and, at age 23, opened his own brokerage ­company.

Confidence Man Edward Jay Epstein 2009

The low-rise stucco complex where she lived was enshrouded in lawn-sprinkler haze.

Spin 2005

Pantaloons de Garshy; they begin to think iv home an 'mother sindin' down th 'lawn-sprinkler to be filled with bock, an' they go off somewhere, an 'not bein' able to dhry thimsilves with dhrink, they want to die.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

A dash of spray from the lawn-sprinkler was spattering the sill, threatening to dampen a pile of dainty clothing laid upon a chair.

A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892

It takes about half a second for an unprotected machine to accumulate so much spyware and related junk that it becomes a sort of lawn-sprinkler, spurting more malware and spyware across to its other unprotected computer friends.

Crave at CNET UK 2009