Kerbstone

Word KERBSTONE
Character 9
Hyphenation kerb stone
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Kerbstone"

What do we mean by kerbstone?

A paving stone that forms part of a kerb

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The word "kerbstone" in example sentences

The zappee only has to fall badly and hit his head on a kerbstone and he could be dead. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

We suspect that she had a brief faint when at the wheel last week, when she bumped against a kerbstone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She saw the local women in their flowered overalls and carpet slippers, heavy wedding rings sunk into their bulbous toil-scarred fingers, their eyes bright in amorphous faces, as they sat gossiping beside their prams of second-hand clothes; the young people, joyfully garbed, squatting on the kerbstone behind their stalls of bric-a-brac; the tourists cheerfully impulsive or cautious and discerning by turns, conferring over their dollars or displaying their bizarre treasures. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The practise of harmonising popular tunes by ear became popular throughout the 1920s in places where men met up regularly – in barbershops, for instance, although the style was also referred to as "kerbstone harmony". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Detectives said the kerbstone, which has the inscription "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. ❋ Nihilistic_kid (2008)

But there was nothing funny about the crunching thud as his forehead bounced off the kerbstone. ❋ Richard Madeley (2008)

I did the only thing possible in that mental tumult; I walked straight to the kerbstone and held up my umbrella for a cab. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

The wheels of a cab grazed the kerbstone, a murmured direction followed. ❋ Unknown (2006)

After all, one used to think that the old — and Sir Lawrence winced on the kerbstone of Piccadilly — were only fit to be measured for their coffins. ❋ Unknown (2004)

On the kerbstone, a knot of the latter, tittering among themselves, shot furtive glances at Dove and Maurice as they passed. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He had been standing by the kerbstone without speaking to anybody — save that at last to myself he said, “For the love of Christ give me a groat!” in a voice so hoarse and broken that I started, and felt a queer sensation in my heart, although I did not give him a groat. ❋ Unknown (2003)

“Don't be unfair —” He tripped on a kerbstone, which made me smile with satisfaction; he had stubbed his toe so hard it would go black and shed the nail. ❋ Davis, Lindsey (1998)

I sporadically produced topics of conversation to keep him from falling asleep, lapsing back between times into the contemplation of our visit to Mrs Rogers, the marks of the trip wire (the kerbstone had been washed since yesterday), and the hotel room (which Lestrade left sealed for his prints-and-evidence team). ❋ King, Laurie R. (1996)

Ape suddenly bared his kerbstone teeth to the gums. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)

If vehicle damage recurs frequently, the drains should be protected by some form of barrier such as a rail or a kerbstone. ❋ Unknown (1991)

An old man came out of the house against whose kerbstone I was parked and asked if I wanted anything. ❋ Francis, Dick, 1920- (1981)

Then she went to visit the Church of St Michael, but, returning to the High Street after an early tea, she tripped on an unexpected double kerbstone and took a heavy fall. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1977)

My honely Brother was withdrawn from 'Arrow, and now' as the yumiliation of selling penny toys on the kerbstone to his former playfellers. ❋ Various (N/A)

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