kerbstone
Usage examples for kerbstone:
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Then, just as he turned to move on, something lying at his feet almost at the edge of the kerbstone attracted his attention.
"Mysterious Mr. Sabin" – E. Phillips Oppenheim -
He assumed the driver, without whom, if your horse has no ambition at all beyond tranquillity and an empty nosebag, your condition is that of one camping out; or as one in a ship moored alongside in dock, the kerbstone playing the part of the quay.
"Somehow Good" – William de Morgan -
The sorcerer stood in the midst of the gathered crowd, near the kerbstone which surrounded the well, his left hand on the little girl's head; with his right he made strange gestures, whilst uttering a kind of incantation.
"Abbé Aubain and Mosaics" – Prosper Mérimée -
He paid the man, and stood for a while on the kerbstone looking up and down the street, under the downpour of the rain.
"Checkmate" – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu