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stone's throw
noun
a short distance.
The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
stone's throw
noun
Also called: stonecast.a short distance
Word History and Origins
Origin of stone's throw1
Example Sentences
On a bright morning, just a stone's throw from where he grew up and went to school, people lined the street on their knees to watch his coffin pass by.
Chavez: Not quite a stone’s throw but pretty close.
Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham in 1968 and held their first rehearsal at Newtown Community Centre, a stone's throw from Villa Park.
He was born in February 1922, at number one Goat Street, a stone's throw from the old Vetch Field, where the club played.
We are sitting in her small cottage in East Keal, a quiet village on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and just a stone's throw from a number of RAF stations.
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