rocking stool
nounEtymology A calque of German Schaukelstuhl.
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A rocking chair.
- The Garda van was parked in the yard, and the two young Gards were struggling to get the rocking-stool out of the back.2016, L.E. Hartley, The Broken Mirror, →ISBN, page 273:
- He continued to stare out the window, accompanied by Johnny's groans and the rhythmic squeaking of the rocking stool.1990, Robert Upton, A killing in real estate: an Amos McGuffin mystery, →ISBN, page 155:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rocking, stool.