dirt yard

English

Alternative forms

dirtyard

Noun

dirt yard (plural dirt yards)

(chiefly US) An unpaved yard that is kept free of grass and other vegetation.
- 1943, Eudora Welty, “Livvie” in The Wide Net and Other Stories, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., p. 156,
  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.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 5, p. 23,
  One summer morning, after I had swept the dirt yard of leaves, spearmint-gum wrappers and Vienna-sausage labels, I raked the yellow-red dirt, and made half-moons carefully, so that the design stood out clearly and mask-like.
- 1987, Patricia Jones-Jackson, When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, Chapter 1, p. 8,
  Maintaining a communal dirt yard was once routine for black families in the South, and it is also traditional in most West African villages.
- 2002, Gary Shteyngart, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, New York: Riverhead Books, Chapter 35, p. 419,
  Outside, the familiar darkness disturbed by smog and the distant grumble of dysfunctional Trabants, an empty dirtyard facing the rump of a low, gray municipal building, the only illumination provided by the light trailing from the bar’s open door.

单词	dirt yard
释义	dirt yard English Alternative forms dirtyard Noun dirt yard (plural dirt yards) (chiefly US) An unpaved yard that is kept free of grass and other vegetation. 1943, Eudora Welty, “Livvie” in The Wide Net and Other Stories, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., p. 156, 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. 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 5, p. 23, One summer morning, after I had swept the dirt yard of leaves, spearmint-gum wrappers and Vienna-sausage labels, I raked the yellow-red dirt, and made half-moons carefully, so that the design stood out clearly and mask-like. 1987, Patricia Jones-Jackson, When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, Chapter 1, p. 8, Maintaining a communal dirt yard was once routine for black families in the South, and it is also traditional in most West African villages. 2002, Gary Shteyngart, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, New York: Riverhead Books, Chapter 35, p. 419, Outside, the familiar darkness disturbed by smog and the distant grumble of dysfunctional Trabants, an empty dirtyard facing the rump of a low, gray municipal building, the only illumination provided by the light trailing from the bar’s open door.
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