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stone's throw, a
stone's throw, a
A very short distance, as in They live just a stone's throw from us. This metaphoric term alludes to how far one can toss a stone. [Second half of 1500s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Santina | | sahn-TEE-nah | Italian |
Elmira | | el-MIR-ə | Literature |
Wekesa | | - | Eastern African, Luhya |
Dagur | | - | Icelandic |
Danijel | | - | Slovene, Croatian, Serbian |
Ludwig | | LOOT-vikh, LOOT-vik | German |