dooryard
Origin of dooryard
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How to use dooryard in a sentence
If we find him there as Rutter said, you can gamble that trouble has camped in our dooryard for a lengthy stay.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe dooryard was covered with a heavy sod and the ancient flower beds had run wild with weeds.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseBut Brindle tarried behind and foraged for her supper by nibbling the grass from the overgrown dooryard.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondIn what once had been the dooryard there were a few straggling clumps of bushes, and thistles and burdocks grew in rank profusion.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithThen came the German irises, like soldiers on parade, around the pool, and the bright lemon lilies in the shady dooryard.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for dooryard
/ (ˈdɔːˌjɑːd) /
US and Canadian a yard in front of the front or back door of a house
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