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According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary ( third edition 1933 ) the term sidewalk was still in occasional use in the UK and pavement was also used for: ' a piece of paved work '; ' the superficial covering of a floor, yard, street etc.

' as well as for ' the paved part of a public thoroughfare, but now only the paved footway by the side of the street '.