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dooryard
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synonyms: ~parvis, ~curtilage, ~messuage ???
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Definition:A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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"You filled in the well this morning."
"I know. Had to keep the line straight. But I'm going through the dooryard after dinner. [...] I got orders wherever there's a family not moved out - if I have an accident - you know, get too close and cave the house in a little - well, I might get a couple of dollars. And my youngest kid never had no shoes yet."
John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath, p.40 (1939)
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They were married in the dooryard,
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march. The windows and dooryards was full;
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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