doorstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doorstone
Example Sentences
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I mean, this necklace, as an object, is of no more importance, really, than that doorstone out there.
From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice
You a North-country woman, Ducie," she said, "and yet going to bring snowdrops across the doorstone?
From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
She turned Selim’s head at a little intersecting trail, and rode considerably out of her way to pass the old Bonbright place and brood upon its darkened windows and grass-besieged doorstone.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice
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 Meigs, Cornelia
I have such a one for my doorstone at Woodchuck Lodge.
From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John
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