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noun
A strip of land between a sidewalk and a street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: road verge, parking strip, tree lawn
Antonyms: none provided
History
From hell + strip. Coined by American horticulturalist and author Lauren Springer Ogden in the 1990s. Compare devil strip.
