- a variation of curbstone.
kerbstone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A day after the article was published, Englishman Simon Andrews was killed after colliding with a kerbstone.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2014
Laborer Rowlands is laying a kerbstone along the edge of the Row.
From Time Magazine Archive
I waited a moment on the kerbstone, watching for a favourable opportunity, when suddenly I was pitched head foremost in front of a passing ’bus.
From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis
Their hansom stopped in front of a large and gaily lit-up mansion, with an awning leading to the door, and a cluster of carriages and footmen by the kerbstone.
From The Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
He fell down on th' kerbstone and wouldn't get up-- turned sulky like.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.
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