hellstrip

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hellstrip

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From hell + strip. Coined by American horticulturalist and author Lauren Springer Ogden in the 1990s. Compare devil strip.

noun hellstrips · hell strip

A strip of land between a sidewalk and a street.
Similar: road verge, parking strip, tree lawn

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@misc{hellstrip_2026,
  title = {hellstrip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hellstrip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}