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Footstool
Definition:
(n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ricky Gervais leans back in his chair, puts his feet up on a padded footstool.
(2) We will not be shopping at JL in the future which is a pity since we have long been faithful and loyal customers.” JP’s saga of the faulty footstools just went on and on.
(3) He has confirmed that he intends to join the body, but has not said whether he will kneel on a footstool or kiss the Queen’s hand as part of the process.
(4) Photograph: Murdo MacLeod Compared with the prime-time slots occupied by Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, which command greater ratings and resources, Corden’s throne is more a footstool.
(5) I have now received three faulty footstools from John Lewis since September and too many email exchanges and phone calls, dismantling and reassembling footstools, taking pictures of damaged footstools, waiting for footstools to be collected that are never collected.
(6) The examination is performed with the patient sitting on a radiolucent chair with the feet high on a footstool, in order to avoid the superimposition of the femoral heads in the lateral projection.
(7) Inside, amid the brightly coloured footstools and half-eaten packets of chocolate biscuits, there are 59 members of staff.
(8) The Labour leader has confirmed that he intends to join the body, but has not said whether he will kneel on a footstool or kiss the Queen’s hand as part of the process.
(9) Next week: a Leicestershire nurse gets a new footstool.
(10) I watched two films, I don’t know.’” Today he wears a tight T-shirt and jeans, looks fit and healthy, though his back’s a bit dicky (hence the footstool).