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stonecasts

stonecasts is the plural of stonecast.

Meaning of stonecast

Noun

stonecast (usually uncountable, plural stonecasts)

  1. (usually) A short distance; a stone's throw.
    • They passed beneath where we sat, and, when about a stonecast beyond, they all jumped into a trench or pit, which I had not noticed before, about twenty feet long, by eight wide.1835, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle’s Log

Questions about stonecasts

What is stonecasts the plural of?
Stonecasts is the plural of stonecast.

Words near stonecasts in the dictionary

  1. stonebucks
  2. stonebuilt
  3. Stoneburner
  4. Stoneburners
  5. stonecast
  6. stonecasts
  7. stonecat
  8. stonecatcher
  9. stonecatchers
  10. stonecats
  11. stonechat

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