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stone's throw

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stone's throw (stnz)
n.
A short distance.
stone's throw
n
a short distance Also called stonecast
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Noun1.stone's throw - a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore"
step
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude


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Everyone got up and began watching the movements of our troops below, as plainly visible as if but a stone's throw away, and the movements of the approaching enemy farther off.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The Vicar of Surle, a tiny hamlet by the sea, was to be seen every evening in the public house a stone's throw from his vicarage; and the churchwardens had been to Mr.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
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