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- stone's throw, a
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 |
|---|
| Waddell | | [wɔ'del] | |
| Zdenko | | - | Slovak, Slovene, Croatian |
| Ora (1) | | - | English |
| Monica | | MAHN-i-kə (English) | English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman |
| Hrodger | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Randolph | | RAN-dahlf | English |