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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Vermont, Maine, Atlantic Canada) the yard near the front or back door of a house.
In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings, / Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, […]
"You're soft, Jane," said Miranda once; "you allers was soft, and you allers will be. If 't wa'n't for me keeping you stiffened up, I b'lieve you 'd leak out o' the house into the dooryard."
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Dooryard means (Vermont, Maine, Atlantic Canada) the yard near the front or back door of a house.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings, / Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, […]
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