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Examples
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We saw how those rocks are found when we went to the stoneyard on the side of the mountain.
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On the way back to Pickax, Qwilleran stopped at the stoneyard to see Thornton Haggis.
The Cat Who Sang For The Birds Braun, Lilian Jackson 1998
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A stoneyard, as it was called, had been established downriver, below the Atlantic Docks, near Red Hook, and four huge scows had been especially built to bring the stone up to the site.
The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972
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He grumbled his disappointment and climbed upon one to take a general survey of his stoneyard.
The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller
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The stonecutter hacked it out and was preparing to haul it to the churchyard when a runaway freight-train smashed into his stoneyard and broke the stone to bits.
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Had it not been for old Tommy's dislike toward me and by discharge from the stoneyard, what would have become of me?
The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived, 1912
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From the cell to the stoneyard you all must keep time,
The Banks of the Don 1890
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Why, Twitt would 'a given 'im a job in the stoneyard if' e'd 'a known.
The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889
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If I had kent of these reefs, if I had had a chart, or if Shuan had been spared, it's not sixty guineas, no, nor six hundred, would have made me risk my brig in sic a stoneyard!
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If I had kent of these reefs, if I had had a chart, or if Shuan had been spared, it's not sixty guineas, no, nor six hundred, would have made me risk my brig in sic a stoneyard!
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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