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cuttystool

cuttystool noun: a low stool.

cuttystool: a low stool
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Noun

cuttystool (plural cuttystools)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A low stool.
    • She's now nae mair Kate but Miss Dalrymple.
      Her auld cutty stool that she used at her wheel,
      Was flung by for her gilded sofa sae gaudy,
      Now she's arrayed in her silk and brocade,
      Ind brags о' her muff's and ruff's wi' ony lady.c. 1840, Kate Dalrymple
    • And they who passed would see Alison trupling in her garden, speaking to herself like the ill wife she was, or sitting on a cutty-stool by the doorside, with her eyes on other than mortal sights.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. (historical) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

Synonyms of cuttystool

Forms of cuttystool

pluralcuttystools

Origin of cuttystool

From cutty + stool.

Questions about cuttystool

What does cuttystool mean?
Cuttystool means a low stool.
What part of speech is cuttystool?
Cuttystool is a noun.
What is the plural of cuttystool?
The plural of cuttystool is cuttystools.

Words near cuttystool in the dictionary

  1. cutty-pipes
  2. cutty-stool
  3. cutty-stools
  4. cuttyhunk
  5. cuttyhunks
  6. cuttystool
  7. cuttystools
  8. cutup
  9. cutups
  10. cutwal
  11. cutwals

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