Definitions
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- noun science fiction A moving
pavement /sidewalk
Etymologies
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Examples
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Do you really need him to describe what a "slidewalk" is when reading "The Roads Must Roll" or Glory Road?
Explain Me This 2005
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Who is attributed with inventing the term "slidewalk"?
May 2007 2007
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Who is attributed with inventing the term "slidewalk"?
REVIEW: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction edited by Jeff Prucher 2007
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The slidewalk was the slowest of Robot City’s powered transportation systems.
Perihilion Asimov, Isaac 1988
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden talks about the original inventor of the slidewalk.
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden talks about the original inventor of the slidewalk.
July 2009 2009
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Tally waved her arms, almost regaining her balance, but one last step took her onto another slidewalk going the opposite way, which spun her around and dumped her on her back, spread-eagled and staring dumbfoundedly up at the sky.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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In fact, the closer of the two had stone letters cut into it spelling out TOWN HALL, and most of the slidewalk step-offs were labeled with the names of city agencies.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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She was still being carried along by the slidewalk.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Tally landed softly, as easy as stepping from a slidewalk.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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