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/noʊ mænz lænd/ Listen

No man's land

noun

An unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies.

Land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable).

The ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both). Synonym: twilight zone. "In the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity" , "In that no man's land between negotiation and aggression"

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"No man's land" Quotes from Famous Books

... was sitting on a grocery box in No Man's Land, laughing so hard that his sides ached. Their banter seemed a kind of tonic to him. And it was when he laughed and seemed so simple and childlike and so much one of them, that ...

— Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... suitable for farm homes if properly handled. But it will require that each type of land be dealt with in its own particular fashion. The arid land will require water; the cut-over land will require clearing; and the swamp land must be drained. Without any of these aids, they remain largely "No Man's Land." The solution of these problems is no new thing. In the admirable achievement of the Reclamation Service in reclamation and drainage we have abundant proof of what ...

— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

... Pen, who had been posted at one of the loop-holes as a listening sentry, looked out to see what lay in front of him. But the most that could be seen were the long and winding earth embankments that marked the lines of the German entrenchments, and between, on "no man's land," a maze of barbed wire entanglements. No living human being was in sight, but, at one place, crumpled up, partly sustained by meshes of wire, there was a ragged heap, the sight of which sent a chill to the boy's heart. It required no second glance ...

— The Flag • Homer Greene

... around here," answered Jimmy, looking about him. That part of No Man's Land where they then were, seemingly was deserted by all save the dead. If there had been any injured they had been taken well back behind ...

— The Khaki Boys Over the Top - Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam • Gordon Bates

... indeed, till within a short period of retiring from the field, no centre forward of his day, and very few since, have equalled M'Kinnon in that trying position. When the 3rd Lanark Rifle Volunteers started the dribbling game on the old drill ground at Govanhill, or rather when that small burgh was "No Man's Land," M'Kinnon was one of its most active players. It is in connection with his membership of the Queen's Park that I wish to recall incidents in his career. In 1874 I made my way over to the South-Side Park to witness a match between the Queen's ...

— Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches • David Drummond Bone