village green

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village green (plural village greens)

  1. (British) A patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times.
    On May Day, the villagers used to dance around a maypole on the village green.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 194, about Gainford, Co. Durham:
      Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils.

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