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footstool

[foot-stool] / ˈfʊtˌstul /
NOUN
footrest
Synonyms


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If you’re in an exit row, you might also have enough space to place a small inflatable footstool like the one from Sunany available on Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Lanoba’s first sale was a footstool to a psychologist in Manhattan, which Balderskilde delivered to the buyer’s office.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

And although a delivery team called saying they had his footstool, they knew nothing about the missing part of the corner suite.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2021

A mismatched loveseat and footstool, brought back to life in vintage deadstock fabric.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021

She’s taken her footstool over to her side of the room.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

The sixth floor, devoted to shipping, features footstools made from moving blankets.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

But before the aliens arrive, in the form of cute little furry “pouffes” that resemble comfy footstools, we get to know Su and Jack.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2020

Sheldrake visits a factory that turns fungal networks into furniture — footstools instead of toadstools.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2020

But the limited research that exists on footstools is equivocal.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2018

They were always getting scratched by cats, or cutting themselves shaving, or stumbling over footstools in the dark—reasonable explanations, certainly, but for sedentary people they had an odd excess of bruises and small wounds.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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