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noun a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
noun a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
originFrom Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit.
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