Wasteground

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A barren stretch of ground; wasteland. countable, uncountable

    "But the wasteground was already cleared. So the workers resolved to give up a Monday to voluntary labour to scatter rubbish all over it."

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"But the wasteground was already cleared. So the workers resolved to give up a Monday to voluntary labour to scatter rubbish all over it."

Etymology

From waste + ground.

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