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Common

The green in the center of a town (Boston Common is perhaps the most famous). So-called because it was land held in common for residents for uses such as cow grazing; however, one rarely sees cows meandering about Boston Common these days.

On Boston Common, the cows have been replaced by WWI naval mines:

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By murph412 on Tue, 07/06/2004 - 1:16pm.

should be commin not common

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By Rachal on Wed, 07/21/2004 - 11:02pm.

I'm from Hyannis, and we used to call it the green...

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By Rachal on Wed, 07/21/2004 - 11:15pm.

I'm from Hyannis, and we used to call it the green...

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By Adam Stanhope on Thu, 11/11/2004 - 11:36pm.

Most towns in Massachusetts have at least small commons left from the same era.

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By Matt on Sat, 02/25/2006 - 7:29pm.

Also, underneath the common is perhaps the best pahkin laht in the city. Not sketchily narrow parking or anything. My friend fits his f-150 in pretty easily. And reasonably priced at $10 for the night, and never totally full even on game nights. Within walking distance of lots of fun stuff such as my main destination, the fanueil bars district.

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By Jean on Mon, 04/30/2007 - 9:16pm.

We called them The Commins, (plural)

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By Mike on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 6:54pm.

If you hear people talk about the "Boston Commons," it's a dead give away they are not from Boston. All Bostonians know there is only one "Common."

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