cobbles

/ (ˈkɒbəlz) /


pl n
  1. coal in small rounded lumps

  2. cobblestones

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How to use cobbles in a sentence

  • Someone was approaching over the rough cobbles—from the alley behind him!

    The Secret Witness | George Gibbs
  • The passenger set his band-box down on the cobbles between his ankles and counted out the fare.

    Wandering Heath | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • I teased up the furnace, I leveled the fire, I dished the cinders in to thicken the heat, and I watched the cobbles.

    The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis
  • "Now cut that out," he began; but in leaping, his feet struck the fallen barrel, and he fell backwards to the wet cobbles.

    The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. Delany
  • So long I would surely slip on my ear if I should ever again walk on anything but cobbles.