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curbstone

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curb·stone  (kûrbstn)
n.
A stone or row of stones that constitutes a curb.
adj.
Untrained or unsophisticated; amateurish: a curbstone commentator.
curbstone [ˈkɜːbˌstəʊn]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the US spelling of kerbstone
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Noun1.curbstone - a paving stone forming part of a curb
kerbstone
curb, curbing, kerb - an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
paving stone - a stone used for paving
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Poor Lazarus there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, and put a corn-cob into his mouth, and yet that would not keep out the tempestuous Euroclydon.
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Now a broad black carpet was brought out and laid down the marble steps and out across the sidewalk to the curbstone.
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He returned the glance with a lightning-like look of diabolical fierceness, and, turning round, stood upon the curbstone and called a hansom.
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