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kerbstone

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kerbstone or US & Canad curbstone
Noun
one of a series of stones that form a kerb
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Noun1.kerbstone - a paving stone forming part of a curb
curbstone
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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He had been standing by the kerbstone without speaking to anybody-- save that at last to myself he said, "For the love of Christ give me a groat
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
You see this creature with her kerbstone English: the English that will keep her in the gutter to the end of her days.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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