stable door
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"What they are trying to do is shut the stable door long after the horse, the horse's grandmother and the horses' relatives have crossed the mountain range to emerge free on the other side," he said.
From BBC
She managed to open her back stable door, which had a beaded curtain, and photograph the bird which "was about 10 steps away".
From BBC
Carmen and Tony burst through the squeaking stable door.
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I eased my conscience by giving him an extra-large portion of oats before opening the stable door for him.
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“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” called Somkit, dropping the staff and running for the stable door.
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