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pea patches

pea patches is the plural of pea patch.

Meaning of pea patch

Noun

pea patch (plural pea patches)

  1. A small piece of land planted with peas.
  2. (derogatory) A small farm.
  3. (idiomatic) A baseball field.
    • Watching the way the Pirates cut up the pea patch with their merciless hitting and precision fielding, the New Yorkers grew more dejected.1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, page 170
  4. (idiomatic) A realm of endeavor.
    • It behooves any revolutionaries, educational or other, to consider all problems and consequences before they start tearing up the social pea patch.1995, Murray Newton Rothbard, Making Economic Sense, page 158

Questions about pea patches

What is pea patches the plural of?
Pea patches is the plural of pea patch.

Words near pea patches in the dictionary

  1. pea nut
  2. pea nuts
  3. pea ore
  4. pea ores
  5. pea patch
  6. pea patches
  7. pea pod
  8. pea pods
  9. pea roller
  10. pea rollers
  11. pea shake

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