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Definition of Curbstones
1. curbstone [n] - See also: curbstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curbstones
Literary usage of Curbstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"curbstones. curbstones are employed for the outer side of footways to sustain the
... curbstones carelessly set never present a pleasing appearance. ..."
2. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction. A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1899)
"curbstones. curbstones are employed for the outer side of footways to sustain the
... curbstones carelessly set never present a pleasing appearance. ..."
3. Tree Planting on Streets and Highways by William Freeman Fox (1903)
"... but they should be reserved for lawns, dooryards and parks, where they will
appear to better advantage than along the curbstones. None of the evergreens ..."
4. The Work of Wall Street: An Account of the Functions, Methods and History of by Sereno Stansbury Pratt (1912)
"... CHAPTER XIII THE CURB MARKET There seems to be a strange affinity between
stockbrokers and curbstones. ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1890)
"The question was made that the cost of curbstones was not a legitimate charge upon
... How can the court say, as a legal proposition, that curbstones were ..."
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