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foot-lights

foot-lights is the plural of foot-light.

Meaning of foot-light

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

Questions about foot-lights

What is foot-lights the plural of?
Foot-lights is the plural of foot-light.

Words near foot-lights in the dictionary

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

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