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paddock-stool

paddock-stool noun: a toadstool.

Noun

paddock-stool (plural paddock-stools)

  1. (Scotland) A toadstool.
    • The toad was popularly thought to impersonate the devil; and the toad-stool, pixie stool, or paddock stool was believed to spring from the devil's droppings.1897, William Thomas Fernie, Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, page 373
    • I asked an old woman in the fields this morning, pointing to a cluster of what we in the north-east corner call paddock-stools, and sometimes fairy-stools.1911, Joseph Campbell, Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-book on Tramp in Donegal

Forms of paddock-stool

pluralpaddock-stools

Origin of paddock-stool

From Middle English paddocstol, paddok stule; equivalent to paddock (“frog; toad”) + stool.

Questions about paddock-stool

What does paddock-stool mean?
Paddock-stool means a toadstool.
What part of speech is paddock-stool?
Paddock-stool is a noun.
What is the plural of paddock-stool?
The plural of paddock-stool is paddock-stools.

Words near paddock-stool in the dictionary

  1. paddlogaines
  2. paddock
  3. paddock girl
  4. paddock girls
  5. Paddock Wood
  6. paddock-stool
  7. paddock-stools
  8. paddocked
  9. paddockful
  10. paddockfuls
  11. paddocking

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