doorstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doorstone
Example Sentences
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A worn hearthstone and doorstone, surrounded now by green grass and shadowed by dying lilacs, still show the exact spot where once stood her humble walls, where once “her garden smiled.”
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
Mrs McQueen stooped to gather a little bunch of shamrock leaves which grew by the doorstone, and then the McQueen family was quite, quite ready for the long journey.
From The Irish Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch
This doorstone must have been a favorite evening seat for my sister, for I remember many other delicious gloamings.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
There was a step on the doorstone, and Caroline came in.
From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice
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 MacGowan, Alice
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