parkette
Mainly a Canadian term — especially common in Toronto — a parkette is a tiny pocket of green space tucked into an urban neighbourhood.
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Mainly a Canadian term — especially common in Toronto — a parkette is a tiny pocket of green space tucked into an urban neighbourhood. Think a couple of benches, maybe a tree or two, a patch of grass squeezed between buildings. Parkettes are the unsung heroes of city living: not big enough for a full game of frisbee but perfect for eating lunch, letting the dog sniff around, or just escaping the concrete for five minutes. The word is an affectionate diminutive of "park."
We grabbed sandwiches and ate in that little parkette on Queen Street before heading back to the office.
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(Canada) A small urban park.
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