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#110432 08/19/2003 9:42 PM
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From Conan Doyle's "Beyond the City" :
"It was bounded by
a low wooden fence, which screened it off from a broad,
modern, new metaled road. "
A UK usage new to me.
road metal
broken stones, cinders, etc. used in making roads, ballasting roadbeds, etc.



#110433 08/20/2003 12:11 AM
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Yes, I remember being told to park my bike on the pavement(sidewalk) not the metaled road.


#110434 08/22/2003 3:58 PM
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We had some stuff on metalled roads in a thread under the heading 'The ever-winding theme' some months back if you want to run a search for it.


#110435 08/22/2003 10:08 PM
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#110436 08/22/2003 11:36 PM
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#110437 08/23/2003 12:19 AM
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ah, thanks for bringing that back up ~ I had been wondering how to make a toad :)



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