doorstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doorstone
Example Sentences
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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 Bliss Carman
At last he stood in front of her doorstone, his hat in his hand.
From A Christmas Accident and Other Stories by Annie Eliot Trumbull
Your foot’s not dirtied that doorstone A dozen times in your life: and then, to come, To-day, of all days, just when Jim ...
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
"I waited up till you came, sir, because I thought you would like to know," said Glory, meeting Mr. Armstrong once more upon the doorstone, as he returned a second time from the fire.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Oliver inquired at last, looking out at the moving shadow of the great tree that had now covered the doorstone.
From The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs
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