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Cuttings of red geraniums and rosebushes were planted in the dooryards.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

There was now only the glaring sunlight showing up in all their barrenness the shabby little cottages with their dooryards strewn with tin cans and bits of paper, and swarming with half-clothed, crying babies.

From The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

We can crawl over the dooryards at the back.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

There were no dooryards, and the cattle owned the streets.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

When at last they extricated themselves from the maze of dooryards they wandered for a long time through a maze of narrow streets.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton