cobbles
Britishplural noun
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coal in small rounded lumps
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cobblestones
Example Sentences
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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
He’d barreled over wet cobbles past shivering farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Kigali, not far from the wall-like cobbles of Kwe Mutwe, I felt the hair on my arms stand up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Coronation Street's longstanding, long-suffering character Gail will bid farewell to Weatherfield on Christmas Day, after 50 years on the cobbles.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024
Her feet in their house sandals tapped on the rounded cobbles.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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