stone's throw

noun

1. a short distance.

   The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.

stone's throw

noun

1. Also called: stonecast. a short distance

Word History and Origins

Origin of stone's throw¹

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

The next phase would see the redevelopment of the area where the Stringfellows live, a stone's throw from the shiny new crossing.

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But with no other local authority in Scotland or the north of England willing to rehouse her, she eventually settled in Lower Bridge Street, a stone's throw away from her old stomping ground.

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Osbourne's Black Sabbath bandmates expressed their sorrow online, and gratitude they had got to appear together one last time on 5 July at Villa Park, a stone's throw from where they all grew up.

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Jimmy, who has lived in five different homes, can list the "useful shops" that used to be a stone's throw away.

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However, he was determined to make one last appearance, bowing out with his last concert at Birmingham’s Villa Park on 5 July - a stone’s throw from his childhood home in Aston.

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