Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lot of ground which is under water; specifically, one of a regular system of city lots which are partly or wholly covered by the water of a bay, lake, or river, and may be filled in and converted into made ground for the erection of buildings, docks, etc.
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Examples
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I told you to write a non-committal letter to the aldermen -- an ambiguous letter -- a letter that should avoid, as far as possible, all real consideration and discussion of the water-lot question.
Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922
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The water-lot matter was absorbing all his attention.
The Gray Dawn Stewart Edward White 1909
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I told you to write a non-committal letter to the aldermen -- an ambiguous letter -- a letter that should avoid, as far as possible, all real consideration and discussion of the water-lot question.
Sketches New and Old Mark Twain 1872
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I told you to write a non-committal letter to the aldermen -- an ambiguous letter -- a letter that should avoid, as far as possible, all real consideration and discussion of the water-lot question.
Sketches New and Old, Part 3. Mark Twain 1872
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