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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
- a short distance Also calledstonecast
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stone's throw1
Example Sentences
Pauline and her husband Stan live about a mile away from Arnolds Field, and barely a stone's throw from the village of Wennington.
There is shock here that a member of this community has been shot and killed at a home on a very ordinary street, just a stone's throw away from Talbot Green's popular out-of-town retail park.
Black Sabbath formed in 1968, and held their first rehearsal at Newtown Community Centre, a stone's throw from Villa Park.
Across Ridge Route Road, where a string of apartment buildings stood a stone’s throw from the flames, residents watched the spectacle like fans at a sporting event — phones held aloft, sharing the shocking images with friends and family via livestreaming video.
“I used to say all the time, ‘Boy, I know one thing that will never happen is our place will burn down,’” said Peggy Holter, who in 1978 purchased a townhouse in Palisades Highlands, just a stone’s throw from the reservoir.
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