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/stəʊ̯n/
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/stoʊ̯n/
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/stɐʉ̯n/
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/ston/
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/stoːn/
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Proper noun
An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
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Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment.
A male given name.
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A placename: A locale in England: A village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).
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A placename: A locale in England: A village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).
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A placename: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).
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A placename: A locale in England: A hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).
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A placename: A locale in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).
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A placename: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).
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A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in California.
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A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
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A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.
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A placename: A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in the town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin.
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