footstool

• A pair of spindle shanks with neatly-buttoned shoes propped on a footstool were all that was visible of General Fentiman. —  The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers
• A white lap dog worked upon a dark background was the favorite design for a footstool, and this small object tapered out the existence of decorative cross-stitch, until it grew to be in use only as a decoration for toilet slippers. —  The Development of Embroidery in America
• [144] He wears no coronet, but a burgher's cap; and beneath his footstool are the Roman twins, suckled by the she-wolf. —  Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts
• At her footstool are her suppliants, the men and women and little children of the city she has saved. —  Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts
• "Malcolm," said he to the Trader, "Malcolm, me glutton o' the H.B.C., that wants the Far North for your footstool--Malcolm, you villain, it's me grief that I know you, and me thumb to me nose in token. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

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