cobbles
Britishplural noun
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coal in small rounded lumps
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cobblestones
Example Sentences
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He showed a barren creekbed filled with cobbles, then a green wetland filled with ducks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
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
He’d barreled over wet cobbles past shivering farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Hinsliff, who was born in Leeds, first found fame in the ITV soap in 1987 with his cobbles career lasting a decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
There was a distinctive noise as the broken side dragged on the cobbles.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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