parketten.
/pɑːˈkɛt/, U.S. /pɑrˈkɛt/, Canadian English /pɑrˈket/ Canadian.
A small urban park.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > pleasure-ground or playground > park
spring garden1612
parka1635
water park1714
summer garden1775
national park1851
Noah's Ark1924
parkette1945
1945 Toronto Daily Star 18 July 19 (advt.) House in splendid location..overlooking a parkette.
1958 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 9 Aug. 4/3 I was told that the parks and parkettes..had all been deeded to the community.
1976 G. Coombe Muskoka Past & Present 76 The ground in front of the powerhouse had been beautifully developed into a parkette.
2002 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 3 Dec. b4 Ornamental concrete fountains like that in Stoney Creek..to decorate the many parkettes within the city.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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