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Citations:grasstop

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English citations of grasstop

Noun: "the tip of a blade or stalk of grass"

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  • 1987David Brin, The Uplift War, Bantam Spectra (1995), →ISBN, page 295:
    How close he didn't realize until the machine slipped over the grasstops, coming into view just two meters away.
  • 1992 — Delia Owens & Mark Owens, The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness, Houghton Mifflin (1992), →ISBN, page 151:
    Flashing over the camp, I yank Zulu Sierra around and drop to the grasstops, bearing down on a gaggle of eight to ten poachers who are running away.
  • 2004John Ringo & Michael Z. Williamson, The Hero, Baen Books (2004), →ISBN, page 49:
    He kept it quiet and low to the ground, wiped off on his sleeve and rose back to a low crawl below the grasstops.

Noun: "an expanse covered in grass"

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  • 1891 — M. A. H., "The Little Brown Fairies", The Oberlin Review, Volume XIX, Number 11, 1 December 1891:
    Some kiss the grasstop, so quick a caress,
    The poor timid grass has no time for redress,
  • 1989Howard Frank Mosher, A Stranger in the Kingdom, Mariner Books (2002), →ISBN, page 114:
    The second batter hit a scorcher along the grasstop to my right.
  • 2010 — David Palmer, "Rain, snow mix arrives but few problems expected", The Cullman Times, 29 November 2011:
    “One thing to keep in mind is that the temperatures are still very warm (Monday), which would prevent a lot of serious accumulation. You can expect to see some on the grasstop or the tops of some cars,” said Kurt Weber, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Huntsville.