kerbs

[kurb] Origin

kerb

[kurb]
noun, verb (used with object) British.
curb (defs. 1, 15).
curb, kerb.
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Kerbs is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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kerb
1664, a variant of curb (q.v.), preferred British spelling in certain specialized senses, especially "edging of stone on a sidewalk" (1805).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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