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Oh, I agree, sidewalk is very much a NA word. NOT British English at all. Interestingly, it's one of those American English words that's mostly made it into Canadian English, though we often follow the UK word choices on many things. Or have our own unique Canadianisms. (My absolute favourite is "garburator" for garbage disposer. )
I read a lot of British novels, and I've become fairly 'bilingual'. I'd never question reading 'pavement' in a British book, but I doubt I would have caught the inappropriateness of sidewalk if you hadn't mentioned it, even though I suspect it was jarring for you when reading it.
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