bankside
Americannoun
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Origin of bankside
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Mr Ing, from Langdon Hills, said his friends were unable to help until he could bring the catfish closer to the bankside.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
Within 18 months Pick had started to ascend the world rankings in boardercross and bankside slalom - which is a snowboard course with turns.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2018
The bankside where the grey orchard twisted its trees, was a steep declivity, long and sharp, dropping down to the garden.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
"But no vestige of the bankside lingers now or gate to show The track of the old vanished lane of love's sweet long ago."
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman
If, however, you are delightfully attended by "King's Daughters" with whom you sit and commune now and then on the bankside, the distance will seem to be much less.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard
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