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- noun Plural form of
doorjamb .
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Examples
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Its vulcanized rubber doorjambs allowed no draft to enter.
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As the innocent children were killed everywhere in Bethlehem, troops marked the doorjambs of their homes with blood.
Los Santos Inocentes 2008
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His apartment was filled with overstuffed pillows and all the doorjambs had hanging beads.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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Grabbing the doorjambs, Dallas hauled himself to his feet and fixed his dilated gaze on Augustine.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
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His apartment was filled with overstuffed pillows and all the doorjambs had hanging beads.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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In many cases little was really noticeable beyond drifting porch pillars, toppled garden walls and arbors, or doorjambs and window frames skewed out of all true alignment.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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So if he was making a concerted effort to collect these massive doorjambs, I suspect he'd have little competition.
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The windows were custom built in oval shapes; the doors were of inlaid panels with rounded corners that meant all the doorjambs and casings had to be hand carved.
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In many cases little was really noticeable beyond drifting porch pillars, toppled garden walls and arbors, or doorjambs and window frames skewed out of all true alignment.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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The windows were custom built in oval shapes; the doors were of inlaid panels with rounded corners that meant all the doorjambs and casings had to be hand carved.
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