1
: operating on the street without maintaining an office
a curbstone broker
2
: not having the benefit of training or experience
a curbstone critic
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Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
At both sites, huge curbstones – carved with spirals, crosshatches, bull's-eyes, and chevrons – add to the mystery.
—Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019
At both sites, huge curbstones -- carved with spirals, crosshatches, bull's-eyes, and chevrons -- add to the mystery.
—Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
The company’s digital copy mirrors the position of curbstones and driveways within centimeters, and textures like the grain of asphalt within millimeters.
—Tom Simonite, WIRED, 14 June 2019
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Noun
Some called him the Highbrow Hobo, others a curbstone orator, a walking encyclopedia, or a human history book.
—Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
At both sites, huge curbstones – carved with spirals, crosshatches, bull's-eyes, and chevrons – add to the mystery.
—Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019
At both sites, huge curbstones -- carved with spirals, crosshatches, bull's-eyes, and chevrons -- add to the mystery.
—Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
The company’s digital copy mirrors the position of curbstones and driveways within centimeters, and textures like the grain of asphalt within millimeters.
—Tom Simonite, WIRED, 14 June 2019
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curbstone. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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