kerbstone
Britishnoun
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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
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 J. Macfarlane
It very slowly moved forward, crossed the footpath and half the street opposite the Town Hall, impeding a tram-car, and then curved backward into a position by the kerbstone.
From The Price of Love by Arnold Bennett
A man does not discuss his wife's virtue or his soul's salvation on the kerbstone.
From Mushrooms on the Moor by Frank Boreham
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