curbstone

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For the curbstone was a rocking precipice, and the street below it a grey and shimmering stream, that rolled, and flowed, and rolled, and never rested.

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  1. noun A stone or row of stones that constitutes a curb.
  2. adjective Untrained or unsophisticated; amateurish: a curbstone commentator.

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/ˈkərbstoʊn/
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