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Definition of "stone's throw" []

  • A short distance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stone's throw" in a sentence
  • "From Lord Guy Malvoisin's division, the barrier turned in a good stone's throw towards the river, and thence it bent straight again along Count William's camp, and ran down to the river on the side towards the sea."
  • "Cy Twombly's paintings are today on view at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London, cheek by jowl with works by the 17th century master Nicolas Poussin, and a stone's throw from paintings by Rubens and Rembrandt."
  • "It was a damned rum business, when you think of it, a quiet little town being held up by a gang of fanatics to no apparent purpose; the two sides taking pot shots and confabbing by turns, and folk going about their business a stone's throw away."