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n. - A large excavation from which loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral is dug

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  • The slow, 250-meter grind to the sandpit was a leg breaker, and Trebon used the section to hit Powers and the others as often as he could.
  • This is the fictive environment as "sandpit", the accessibility of a carte blanche to do what you want with the toys.
  • Most of the floor space was taken up by a shallow sandpit.
  • MY MOUTH felt like a sandpit-I needed water in the worst way.
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