cobble

• The uneven cobble-stones, the whispering plane-trees, the worn red brick, and the flat sashed windows, of a bygone date all combine to make a picture of old London seldom to be found nowadays. —  Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London
• Clattering over the cobble-paved streets, we rapidly approach the central pulse of the town, the plaza_. —  Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development
• Then, too, the roads were of the kind called pavé_; that is, paved with what we know as cobble-stones or Belgian blocks. —  The Emma Gees
• You have to poke among cobble-stones, etc. to find them, and when a person comes upon a handsome specimen, he will shout, as did a minister from Chicago, one day, with me, when he picked up a nice one as large as an egg,--"Glory hallelujah It is like searching for gold and silver,--very exciting, and far more pleasurable than fishing or hunting. —  Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
• A moment later, our horses were dashing over iced cobble-stones with the clatter of pistol-shots It will snow," said I, feeling a few flakes driven through the darkness against my face; but to this remark Hamilton was heedless It will snow, Eric," I repeated. —  Lords of the North

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