pea patch

A small piece of land planted with peas.

Noun

  1. A small piece of land planted with peas.
  2. A small farm.
  3. A baseball field.
    • Watching the way the Pirates cut up the pea patch with their merciless hitting and precision fielding, the New Yorkers grew more dejected. - 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, page 170:
  4. A realm of endeavor.
    • It behooves any revolutionaries, educational or other, to consider all problems and consequences before they start tearing up the social pea patch. - 1995, Murray Newton Rothbard, Making Economic Sense, page 158:

Forms

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