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別の表記

• devil's strip

語源

devil +‎ strip, from the area’s status as a no man's land between private and public property, devil or devil's in place names meaning “barren, unproductive and unused”.^[1][2]

Compare devil's lane (“narrow area between two parallel fences”), devil's footstep (“barren spot of land”).

名詞

devil strip (複数形 devil strips)

1. (US, Akron, Ohio) The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street.

同意語

• See list at tree lawn.

参考

• no man's land

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