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Nearside

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road. British

    "An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...]."

  2. 2
    the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb wordnet
  3. 3
    The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
  4. 4
    A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side. US, historical

Etymology

near + side

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