inn yard
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of innyard.
Example Sentences
- "I returned to the inn yard, and, impressed by my remembrance of the face, looked awfully around for it."
- "The inn yards of the day afforded convenient enclosures for the performance; moreover, they were real centers of the social life of the village, attracting crowds of tradesmen, farmers, horse dealers, village hangers-on, travellers, gentlemen of quality, and, we can be sure, the inevitable small boy who always manages to attend such affairs without paying for the privilege."
- "His heart beat at the sight of her, as though he were a young man and this his first assignation outside a cinema, in a Lyons Corner House . . . or in an inn yard in a country town where dances were held."