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Main Entry:  stomping ground
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a habitually frequented or favorite location; also called stamping ground
Etymology:  1854-59
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Stomping ground is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Slang Dictionary

stamping ground definition


and stomping ground
  1. n.
    one's favorite or customary location. : I like to go back and look at my old stamping ground every now and then.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The neighborhood was the stomping ground for musicians playing in the numerous
  local clubs.
It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters.
It has descriptions and photos of a lot of the caves in my old stomping ground.
Fiction once provided a stomping ground for the crazed or eccentric.
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