side·walk

[sahyd-wawk]
noun
a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.

Origin:
1660–70; side1 + walk

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sidewalk (ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): pavement a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road

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Sidewalk is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

sidewalk
"path for pedestrians on the side of a street," 1739, from side (adj.) + walk (n.).
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Example sentences
Our writing group emerged five years ago from despair, confessed on the
  sidewalk by three discouraged academics.
However, seldom will you encounter someone pushing you when you walk on the
  sidewalk or fighting for a seat in the subway.
It's the musical equivalent of giving everyone a piece of chalk to draw on the
  sidewalk with.
Police found the body face down on the sidewalk, legs crossed.
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