hellstrip
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hell + strip. Coined by American horticulturalist and author Lauren Springer Ogden in the 1990s.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]hellstrip (plural hellstrips)
- A strip of land between a sidewalk and a street.
- Synonyms: road verge, parking strip, tree lawn
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lauren Springer Ogden (1994) The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-resilient Beauty[1], page 6: “I have a long rectangular corner lot encircled by concrete sidewalks, beyond which stretch 250 feet of narrow “hell strips,” areas owned by the municipality but to be maintained by the homeowner.”
- ^ Michael Tortorello (2010) “Planting the Strip Between Sidewalk and Street”, in New York Times[2]: “The best, in my opinion, is “hell strip,” which was coined by the horticulturist and author Lauren Springer Ogden, who lives in Fort Collins, Colo., and Austin, Tex.”