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stone's throw

noun as in short distance

noun as in stone's throw

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Then there are those worshippers who are just a stones throw away from all the action because they live in The Old City.

Great forest trees stand like sentinels within a stones throw of the house.

Not more than a stones throw from this promontory is a small islet called the Isle of the Robones.

Roxalana herself was buried in all due state not a stones throw from the spot where her sovereign lord afterwards found his rest.

Thus we talk of Carlyle still, a stones throw from his study windows.

Joinville has told of a sink of corruption lying within a stones throw of the saint-kings crusading camp.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stone's throw, such as: close range, earshot, eyeshot, holler, near, and next door.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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