Meaning of stonesthrow | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“He ordered his outposts, therefore, to be advanced within a stonesthrow of the breach, but exhorted the soldiers to maintain⟳ the utmost vigilance.”

“His (Stephen’s) mind⟳ was not exactly what you would call⟳ wandering but a bit unsteady and on his expressed desire for some beverage to drink⟳ Mr Bloom, in view⟳ of the hour it was and there being no pumps of Vartry water available for their ablutions, let⟳ alone drinking purposes, hit upon an expedient by suggesting, off the reel, the propriety of the cabman’s shelter⟳, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt Bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape⟳ of a milk and soda or a mineral.”

“It’s only a stonesthrow to Chicago.”

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