cobbles
Britishplural noun
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coal in small rounded lumps
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cobblestones
Example Sentences
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The legislation cobbles together some 50 bills sponsored by Members of both parties.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A dedicated group of volunteers spend the year leading up to the race maintaining the cobbles to try to keep the course safe, while ensuring the unique profile remains.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
He showed a barren creekbed filled with cobbles, then a green wetland filled with ducks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
He’d barreled over wet cobbles past shivering farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
I see her run across the cobbles to the door.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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