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kerb stone

kerb stone is the alternative form of kerbstone.

Meaning of kerbstone

Noun

kerbstone (plural kerbstones)

  1. (UK) A paving stone that forms part of a kerb.
    • You see this creature with her kerbstone English: the English that will keep her in the gutter to the end of her days. Well, sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party.1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act I, page 115

Forms of kerb stone

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Questions about kerb stone

What is kerb stone the alternative form of?
Kerb stone is the alternative form of kerbstone.

Words near kerb stone in the dictionary

  1. kerb drills
  2. kerb market
  3. kerb markets
  4. kerb ramp
  5. kerb ramps
  6. kerb stone
  7. kerb stones
  8. kerb weight
  9. kerb weights
  10. kerb-stone
  11. kerb-stones

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