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- noun Plural form of
pavement .
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Examples
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Neither will piezo thingys in pavements or floors.
Generate Energy with Fluxxlab’s ‘Revolution’ Revolving Door | Inhabitat 2008
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Trotting on city pavements is very hard on the dray horses.
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Every house had been set on fire and the pavements were a shambles.
"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie
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I dwelt upon Mrs. Callendar's return to her native heath -- that is, the pavements of Bond Street and
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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I dwelt upon Mrs. Callendar's return to her native heath -- that is, the pavements of Bond Street and
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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I dwelt upon Mrs. Callendar's return to her native heath -- that is, the pavements of Bond Street and
Mrs. Falchion, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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{31} These so-called pavements and causeways were probably formed during the construction of the tower with its central pole, or perhaps at the time of its demolition, as it would be manifestly inconvenient to transport stones to or from such a place, in the midst of so much slush, without first making some kind of firm pathway.
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878
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He now offers guesses as to the stones "in the so-called pavements and causeways."
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878
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The beautiful seaside town has been stamped with the royal imprimatur, and the signs are everywhere - even on the pavements were the security tabs from their last visit are still visible on every drain cover in North Street.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The rattling of the pavements was a relief to the cold silence.
Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Caroline Lee Hentz 1828
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