curbside

curbside
/kerrb"suyd'/, n.
1. a side of a pavement or street bordered by a curb.
adj.
2. being adjacent to a curb: The car's curbside door is stuck.
Also, Brit., kerbside.
[1945-50; CURB + SIDE1]

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