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foot-light

foot-light noun: dated spelling of footlight.

Noun

foot-light (plural foot-lights)

  1. Dated spelling of footlight.
    • "A most unsubstantial one!" cried the actress: "give me the praise that rings upon the ear; the applause that comes over the foot-lights!...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 202–203

Forms of foot-light

pluralfoot-lights

Questions about foot-light

What does foot-light mean?
Foot-light means dated spelling of footlight.
What part of speech is foot-light?
Foot-light is a noun.
What is the plural of foot-light?
The plural of foot-light is foot-lights.

Words near foot-light in the dictionary

  1. foot-in-the-door technique
  2. foot-jaw
  3. foot-jaws
  4. foot-lambert
  5. foot-lamberts
  6. foot-light
  7. foot-lights
  8. foot-measure
  9. foot-pace
  10. foot-paces
  11. foot-pad

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