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yard

Unit of length, equivalent to 3 feet (0.9144 m).

In the USA, it is sometimes used to denote a cubic yard (0.7646 cubic meters), as of topsoil.



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Take it, mistress housekeeper; open the window and fling it into the yard and lay the foundation of the pile for the bonfire we are to make.
Passing down the back garden of the house, and crossing a narrow lane at the bottom of it, he opened a gate in a low stone wall beyond, and entered the church- yard.
There was no one else in the yard except a stranger, the cook's husband, who had come for the holiday.
 
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