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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 |
|---|
| Monroe | | mən-RO (English) | Scottish, English |
| LÉO | | le-O | French |
| Ife | | - | Western African, Yoruba |
| Zsolt | | - | Hungarian |
| Aubrey | | ['ɔ:bri] | |
| Vid | | - | Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian |