Meaning

Alternative form of pleasure ground..

Example Sentences

Cleveland was a spacious, modern-built house, situated on a sloping lawn. It had no park, but the pleasure-grounds were tolerably extensive; […]

The evening of Friday drew on: it was spent, not as of late it had been, in loitering among the flowers and statues of the old-fashioned pleasure-grounds, or in hanging over the stone balustrades of the steps which led on to the terrace, watching “the star that calls the bee to rest,” or scenting the mingled odours of the honeysuckle and the jasmine, friends of dull night: such tranquil pleasures were suspended,—perhaps never, in that gloomy house, to be renewed.

In the case of offensive advertising in the neighborhood of a parkway, it is evident that such advertising is displayed to attract the attention of the people that frequent a public pleasure-ground.

Word Forms

• pleasure-grounds

When Should You Use Pleasure-ground?

Use pleasure-ground when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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