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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

But there's more, he admits, in the attic, drawers, a footstool and other boxes.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024

Dodge that footstool on your way to this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023

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

So one day they took back to their cave a delicately painted set of rice bowls, another day a little footstool with a velvet cushion and two new wedding blankets.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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

A few Jasper Morrison mushroomlike footstools are scattered nearby; that they are made of cork is merely coincidental.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2016

Men sat in groups outside on footstools, and everyone walked down the middle of the street, where the weight of a thousand eyes produces a strange feeling of both protection and surveillance.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2016

It was stuffy and cluttered, yet nobody could say it was uncomfortable; there were soft chairs and footstools, drinks and books, boxes of chocolates and plump cushions.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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