Definitions

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  • noun Someone or something which curbs.
  • noun A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.

Etymologies

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From curb +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • What man in Europe was better able to teach them a lesson than Charles, the destroyer of Liege, the stern curber of undue liberty in Flanders?

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • What man in Europe was better able to teach them a lesson than Charles, the destroyer of Liege, the stern curber of undue liberty in Flanders?

    Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908

  • He guided their imagination, warranted their hopes, and controlled their will -- or else they required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.

    The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

  • He guided their imagination, warranted their hopes, and controlled their will -- or else they required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.

    Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876

  • Then this fine curber of phantasies got back to his house in the morning by the time Taschereau came to invite him to spend the day at La Grenadiere, and the cuckold always found the priest asleep in his bed.

    Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Then this fine curber of phantasies got back to his house in the morning by the time Taschereau came to invite him to spend the day at La Grenadiere, and the cuckold always found the priest asleep in his bed.

    Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • "For example, a curber may be concealing the real identity of a stolen or wrecked vehicle," Robertson says.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JOANNE WILL 2010

  • "For example, a curber may be concealing the real identity of a stolen or wrecked vehicle," Robertson says.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JOANNE WILL 2010

  • "For example, a curber may be concealing the real identity of a stolen or wrecked vehicle," Robertson says.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JOANNE WILL 2010

  • "For example, a curber may be concealing the real identity of a stolen or wrecked vehicle," Robertson says.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JOANNE WILL 2010

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  • a shady car salesman who pretends to be a 'private seller' of vehicles when they actually sell cars as their full time job.

    August 13, 2016