doorstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doorstone
Example Sentences
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As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
He put her abruptly from him, walked to the doorstone, and, sitting down, bowed his face upon his hands.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
For doorstone and repose are good, And kind is duty; But joy is in the solitude With shy-heart beauty.
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Carman, Bliss
His stick came down upon the doorstone with a crash that prophesied total destruction to the offending instrument.
From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
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 Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
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