bankside
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bankside
Example Sentences
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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
And I thought they were settled for hours, as comfortable as two old hens chunnering among the warm dust by a bankside.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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 Hubbard, Elbert
I found him about the bankside, sitting at a play; I desired to speake with him, had him to a Tauerne, charg’d a pipe with Tobacco, and then laid this terrible accusation to his charge.
From Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich by Dyce, Alexander
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