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cuttystools

cuttystools is the plural of cuttystool.

Meaning of cuttystool

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
  2. (historical) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

Questions about cuttystools

What is cuttystools the plural of?
Cuttystools is the plural of cuttystool.

Words near cuttystools in the dictionary

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

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