sandlot

[ sand-lot ]
/ ˈsændˌlɒt /

noun

a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.

adjective

Also sand-lot. of, relating to, or played in such a lot: sandlot baseball.

Origin of sandlot

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; sand + lot

Example sentences from the Web for sand-lot

  • America listened to the blatant demagogues, the "sand-lot orators," and excluded the Chinese.

  • That was the way they looked in Tompkins Square twenty years ago when the square was a sand-lot given up to rioting and disorder.

    The Children of the Poor |Jacob A. Riis
  • Under the excitement of sand-lot meetings, the Chinese were driven under cover.

    Our Foreigners |Samuel P. Orth
  • To think of a Giant player being caught by a sand-lot trick!

British Dictionary definitions for sand-lot

sandlot
/ (ˈsændˌlɒt) /

noun US

an area of vacant ground used by children for playing baseball and other games
(modifier) denoting a game or sport played on a sandlot sandlot baseball