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dirt yards

dirt yards is the plural of dirt yard.

Meaning of dirt yard

Noun

dirt yard (plural dirt yards)

  1. (US) An unpaved yard that is kept free of grass and other vegetation.
    • Out front was a clean dirt yard with every vestige of grass patiently uprooted and the ground scarred in deep whorls from the strike of Livvie’s broom.1943, Eudora Welty, “Livvie”, in The Wide Net and Other Stories, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., page 156

Questions about dirt yards

What is dirt yards the plural of?
Dirt yards is the plural of dirt yard.

Words near dirt yards in the dictionary

  1. dirt stache
  2. dirt sticks
  3. dirt track
  4. dirt tracks
  5. dirt yard
  6. dirt yards
  7. dirt-box
  8. dirt-cheap
  9. dirt-dauber
  10. dirt-daubers
  11. dirt-poor

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