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Other expressions meaning ‘a short distance’: “The river is just a ________ from the house.”
| STONE’S THROW | 307 |
| LITTLE WAYS | 155 |
| STEP | 103 |
| “HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP” | 81 |
| FEW STEPS | 74 |
| LITTLE PIECE | 38 |
| HOP AND A SKIP | 37 |
| JUMP | 37 |
| WAYS | 36 |
| LITTLE WAY | 32 |
| SHORT WAYS | 25 |
| PIECE | 24 |
| SHORT PIECE | 24 |
| SHORT WAY | 18 |
| HOOP AND A HOLLER | 16 |
| “HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP” | 15 |
| HOP AND A JUMP | 14 |
| STEP AWAY | 14 |
| STEP OR TWO | 13 |
| NR | 12 |
| SHORT DISTANCE | 11 |
| BLOCK | 10 |
| SKIP AND A JUMP | 10 |
| LITTLE BIT | 9 |
| SKIP AND A HOP | 9 |
| SMALL PIECE | 9 |
| SHORT WALK | 7 |
| HOP | 6 |
| STONE THROW | 6 |
| HOOT AND A HOLLER | 5 |
| WHOOP AND A HOLLER | 5 |
| AROUND THE CORNER | 4 |
| FEW BLOCKS | 4 |
| FEW FEET | 4 |
| FEW YARDS | 4 |
| LITTLE WAYS AWAY | 4 |
| SKIP | 4 |
| WAY | 4 |
| BIT | 3 |
| FEW STEPS AWAY | 3 |
| SKIP AND JUMP | 3 |
| STRETCH | 3 |
| THROW | 3 |
| ACROSS THE LEVEE | 2 |
| ACROSS THE WAY | 2 |
| CLOSE BY | 2 |
| CLOSE TO | 2 |
| COUPLE OF STEPS | 2 |
| DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE | 2 |
| FEW HUNDRED YARDS | 2 |
| FEW RODS | 2 |
| HALF-MILE | 2 |
| HOP AND A STEP | 2 |
| HOP AND JUMP | 2 |
| HOP AND SKIP | 2 |
| “HOP, STEP, AND A JUMP” | 2 |
| JAUNT | 2 |
| JUMP OR TWO | 2 |
| MILE | 2 |
| NEARBY | 2 |
| RABBIT JUMP | 2 |
| SHORT JUMP | 2 |
| SHORT SPACE | 2 |
| SHORT STEP | 2 |
| STONE’S THROW AWAY | 2 |
| TWO SKIPS AND A HOP | 2 |
| (NUMBER) COONSKINS | 1 |
| ABOUT (NUMBER) FEET | 1 |
| ACROSS FROM | 1 |
| ARM’S THROW | 1 |
| AROUND THE BEND | 1 |
| AS FAR AS YOU CAN SPIT | 1 |
| BEHIND | 1 |
| BEYOND | 1 |
| BIT OF A WAY | 1 |
| BLOCK AWAY | 1 |
| COUPLE BLOCKS | 1 |
| CROSS THE MEADOW | 1 |
| CROW-HOP | 1 |
| CROW’S FLY AWAY | 1 |
| DASH AWAY | 1 |
| DISTANCE | 1 |
| DOWN THE HILL | 1 |
| DOWN THE LINE | 1 |
| DOWN THE WAY | 1 |
| DRIBBLE | 1 |
| FEW BLOCKS AWAY | 1 |
| FEW FEET AWAY | 1 |
| FEW MILES | 1 |
| FEW PACES | 1 |
| FEW PACES AWAY | 1 |
| FOOT AND A JUMP | 1 |
| HAIR | 1 |
| HALF-BLOCK | 1 |
| HAND’S THROW | 1 |
| “HIP, SCOTCH, AND A JUMP” | 1 |
| HOLLERING DISTANCE | 1 |
| HOOP AND A HOP | 1 |
| HOOP AND HOLLER | 1 |
| HOOT AND HOLLER | 1 |
| HOP AND A HOLLER | 1 |
| HOP AND SKIP AND JUMP | 1 |
| “HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP AWAY” | 1 |
| “HOP, STEP, AND JUMP” | 1 |
| HUFF AND JAUNT | 1 |
| JUMP ACROSS THE WAY | 1 |
| JUMP AND A STRADDLE | 1 |
| JUMP AWAY | 1 |
| JUST NEXT DOOR | 1 |
| LITTLE | 1 |
| LITTLE BIT AWAY | 1 |
| LITTLE RUN | 1 |
| LITTLE SPACE | 1 |
| LITTLE STEP | 1 |
| LITTLE WALK | 1 |
| LITTLE WAYS DOWN | 1 |
| LITTLE WAYS OFF | 1 |
| LONG JUMP | 1 |
| LONG WAYS | 1 |
| MINUTE WALK | 1 |
| NEAR | 1 |
| NEARBY TO | 1 |
| NO PIECE | 1 |
| NOT FAR | 1 |
| NOT FUR | 1 |
| NOT VERY FAR | 1 |
| ONE GOOD FROG-LEAP | 1 |
| OVER THE HILL | 1 |
| OVER THERE | 1 |
| PACE | 1 |
| PIECE AWAY | 1 |
| PIECE OF THE WAY | 1 |
| RIGHT BACK OF THE HOUSE | 1 |
| RIGHT DOWN THERE | 1 |
| ROCK’S THROW | 1 |
| ROD | 1 |
| “RUN, JUMP, AND A HOP” | 1 |
| “RUN, JUMP, AND HOP” | 1 |
| SCANT WHOOP AND A HOLLER | 1 |
| SHIRTTAIL DISTANCE | 1 |
| SHORT | 1 |
| SHORT DRIVE | 1 |
| SHORT HAUL | 1 |
| SHORT HOP | 1 |
| SHORT JAUNT | 1 |
| SHORT PACE | 1 |
| SHORT STROKE | 1 |
| SHORT TRIP | 1 |
| SHOUT | 1 |
| SKIP AND A HOLLER | 1 |
| “SKIP, HOP, AND A JUMP” | 1 |
| SLIGHTLY WEST OF | 1 |
| SMALL DISTANCE | 1 |
| SMALL WAY | 1 |
| SMALL WAYS | 1 |
| SMART WALK | 1 |
| SNEEZE | 1 |
| SPAN | 1 |
| SPURT | 1 |
| SQUARE | 1 |
| SQUIRREL’S JUMP | 1 |
| STEP AND A HALF OVER | 1 |
| STEP OR SO | 1 |
| STONE’S THROWING | 1 |
| STOP | 1 |
| TAD | 1 |
| TENTH OF A MILE | 1 |
| TOSS OF THE HAT | 1 |
| TRIFLE | 1 |
| TWENTY-FIVE YARDS | 1 |
| TWO HOOPS AND A HOLLER | 1 |
| TWO JUMPS | 1 |
| TWO JUMPS AND A HOP | 1 |
| UP THE HILL | 1 |
| WALK | 1 |
| WEE BIT | 1 |
| WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE | 1 |
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