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  • noun A circular stool with small wheels used in libraries etc to reach high shelves; the wheels are made inoperative when a person stands on it

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Examples

  • Usually he could forewarn himself by keeping a careful eye on the kickstool crabs that grazed harmlessly on the dust.

    L-space Carla 2006

  • Usually he could forewarn himself by keeping a careful eye on the kickstool crabs that grazed harmlessly on the dust.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006

  • Helena Justina placed her feet neatly on a kickstool, folded her hands over her girdle, then looked at me meekly and enquiringly.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

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