parkletn.
/ˈpɑːklᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɑrklət/ A small park.
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parka1635
lungs of London1808
public park1822
parklet1854
people's park1855
strip park1938
1854 W. M. Thackeray Let. 5 June (1946) III. 372 I have taken a house at Brecquercque (the Chateau de B. with a pretty little parklet).
1882 Cent. Mag. July 428/1 Parklets , as if of Galway merchants; very green indeed, and wood growing bravely when once tried.
1966 Listener 27 Jan. 135/1 The charming little ‘parklets’..have real herbaceous borders.
2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xiv. 344 There was a confusing character to this district, a delusive mounding and bunching of the streets, parklets and estates, that made it hard to direct a driver.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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