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rocking stool en · NOUN

Etymology

A calque of German Schaukelstuhl.

Meanings

  1. A rocking chair.
    • The Garda van was parked in the yard, and the two young Gards were struggling to get the rocking-stool out of the back. 2016, L.E. Hartley, The Broken Mirror, →ISBN, page 273:
    • He continued to stare out the window, accompanied by Johnny's groans and the rhythmic squeaking of the rocking stool. 1990, Robert Upton, A killing in real estate: an Amos McGuffin mystery, →ISBN, page 155:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rocking, stool.

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