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curbers

curbers is the plural of curber.

Meaning of curber

Noun (1)

curber (plural curbers)

  1. Someone or something which curbs.
    • [T]hey required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.1902, William James, “Lectures XIV and XV: The Value of Saintliness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […]...

Noun (2)

curber (plural curbers)

  1. (historical, slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
    • Night was the natural time for the curber’s activities and striking up an acquaintance with a serving maid was an invaluable way of getting a window left open or learning the exact layout of the rooms in the house.1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 33

Questions about curbers

What is curbers the plural of?
Curbers is the plural of curber.

Words near curbers in the dictionary

  1. curbashes
  2. curbed
  3. Curbelo
  4. Curbelos
  5. curber
  6. curbers
  7. curbing
  8. curbings
  9. curbless
  10. curblike
  11. Curborough

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