pea patch

noun

A small piece of land planted with peas.

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Meanings

nounpea patch (plural pea patches)

plural pea patches

  1. A small piece of land planted with peas.
  2. derogatoryA small farm.
  3. idiomaticA baseball field.

    Watching the way the Pirates cut up the pea patch with their merciless hitting and precision fielding, the New Yorkers grew more dejected.

    1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, page 170
  4. idiomaticA realm of endeavor.

    It behooves any revolutionaries, educational or other, to consider all problems and consequences before they start tearing up the social pea patch.

    1995, Murray Newton Rothbard, Making Economic Sense, page 158
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APA

pea patch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pea%20patch

MLA

“pea patch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pea%20patch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pea patch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pea%20patch.

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