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Definition of Dooryards
1. dooryard [n] - See also: dooryard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dooryards
Literary usage of Dooryards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Play Movement and Its Significance by Henry Stoddard Curtis (1917)
"When the blocks are only an acre and a half to two acres in size, it may be taken
for granted that there can be little play in the dooryards, unless the ..."
2. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"CHAPTER II FRONT dooryards " There are few of us who cannot remember a front yard
garden which seemed to us a very paradise in childhood. ..."
3. Tree Planting on Streets and Highways by William Freeman Fox (1903)
"All of these species are pleasing in appearance, and each has some good quality
to commend its use, but they should be reserved for lawns, dooryards and ..."
4. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth: A Book of the Sweet O' the Year by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"... CHAPTER II FRONT dooryards " There are few of us who cannot remember a front
yard garden which seemed to us a very paradise in childhood. ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Many dooryards were seen that were absolutely without trees or shrubs of any kind.
A little buffalo grass or other native grasses, ..."
6. Report (1904)
"dooryards and meadows. Galera hypnorum Batsch. On mosses in the .cedar swamps.
... Galera lateritia Fr. dooryards and meadows. Abundant. Summer. ..."
7. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"Dahlias and phloxes opened their showy blossoms in the sunshine, and made the
dooryards bright with their beauty. The modest nasturtiums kept nearer the ..."
8. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1894)
"Judging from tho results obtained there, it is thought probable that a method of
treatment modeled after that which the tree receives in dooryards will bo ..."
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