"cross lots" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1890, Sarah Orne Jewett, “Law Lane”, in Tales of New England, page 189",
          "text": "\"I didn't see Crosby go by, did you?\"¶ \"He'd have had to foot it by the path 'cross-lots,\" replied Ezra, gravely, from the doorstep. \"He's sold his hoss.\"",
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        "Across the fields; by way of a shortcut."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "across country"
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          "word": "across lots"
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  "word": "cross lots"
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  "word": "cross lots"
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