rocking stone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rocking stone
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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"That's all we've got" He leaned his spear against the rocking stone and pushed back two handfuls of hair.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
On the declivity of a hill on Ashover Common is a rocking stone, called Robin Hood's Mark, which measures about twenty-six feet in circumference.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
Close beside the fellow on the rocking stone there hung two ropes from rings in the roof.
From Caves of Terror by Mundy, Talbot
That's the way it was with the rocking stone.
From The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City by Hope, Laura Lee
In the first place, those bags of coin behind the rocking stone weighed on his mind.
From Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England by Munn, Charles Clark
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