cobbles
Britishplural noun
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coal in small rounded lumps
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cobblestones
Example Sentences
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Why aren’t we talking about Pogacar’s brilliant final day battle up the cobbles of Montmartre against the Dutch steam engine Mathieu van der Poel?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
And so the same peloton will be hurtling along the cobbles a couple of months before gliding through the sunflowers of a French summer.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Even when you win the race, you don't get away from the cobbles.
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
In the garden, we could hear its bustle, the horseshoes on stone cobbles and dirt, the conversation of sailors, the crying of onions and oysters in passageways.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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