doorstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doorstone
Example Sentences
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Mr. Armstrong stood upon the doorstone below, looking outward, waiting.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
It sent Creed’s heart and fancy questing back to the past hour with the girl on the doorstone.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
A child with very yellow hair came running out upon the doorstone, laughing aloud at some small joke of his very own.
From The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs
I found her this morning, as I came out to cross the field, sitting on the doorstone with her Bible and a rosary of beautiful, small, variously tinted shells upon her lap.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
There was a step on the doorstone, and Caroline came in.
From Country Neighbors by Alice Brown
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