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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sand-lot  \Sand"-lot`\,  a. 
  Lit.,  of  or  pert.  to  a  lot  or  piece  of  sandy  ground,  -- 
  hence  pert.  to  or  characteristic  of  the  policy  or 
  practices  of  the  socialistic  or  communistic  followers  of  the 
  Irish  agitator  Denis  Kearney,  who  delivered  many  of  his 
  speeches  in  the  open  sand  lots  about  San  Francisco;  as  the 
 
  {sand-lot  constitution}  of  California,  framed  in  1879,  under 
  the  influence  of  sand-lot  agitation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sandlot 
  n  :  a  vacant  lot  used  by  city  boys  to  play  games 




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