foot-rail

• “When his Agent called the Cryerer was in the fetal position under a bar in Manhattan Beach, a cold brass foot-rail bumping rhythmically against his forehead.”

  Fictionaut: The Cryerer

• “Inspector Anthony McCall tried to balance his prodigious bulk on the tiny circumference of the bar stool, thought better of it, and stood instead, one shoe on the foot-rail, and both elbows on the freshly wiped surface of the bar.”

  Hide And Seek

• “He sipped his whisky and eased his foot on to the foot-rail of the bar.”

  Funeral In Berlin

• “Angelica curled herself up on the end of his bed, and leant against the foot-rail.”

  The Heavenly Twins

• “Clearly not; for that would not account for the sheet and blanket being dragged so carefully out of the range of his hands, and hung over the foot-rail so that they touched the floor.”

  Austin and His Friends

• “And then he hitched it to the foot-rail where I couldn't help seeing it every time I looked that way.”

  Heart of Gold

• “I can't see him very good," said Freddie, and he gave a little jump up from the foot-rail on which he was standing.”

  The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City

• “He was aghast at this abyss of money-spending into which he had leaped, and the Brass-button Man was suspiciously wondering what this person wanted of him; but they crossed to the adjacent saloon, a New York corner saloon, which of course "glittered" with a large mirror, heaped glasses, and a long shining foot-rail on which, in bravado, Mr. Wrenn placed his”

  Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man

• “The bed was a fine old four-poster, with a carved foot-rail.”

  The Fire Within

• “O'Rourke's was full: its long bar, shaped something like the letter J, supported many lounging arms and elbows; its burnished foot-rail was scraped by boots of many shapes and sizes; its heavy air, thick with cigarette smoke, hummed with many voices.”

  The Definite Object A Romance of New York

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