barstool
Americannoun
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barstools
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of barstool
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As Banderas plays him, he’s a bearish marvel of a man with the kind of earthy soul that would have had Ernest Hemingway chugging salty dogs on his barstool all night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
If you prefer your drink in a pint glass rather than a can, pull up a barstool at The Butcher’s Dog.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 16, 2023
During the gunfire, Wennerstrom first shielded other patrons and then used a barstool to smash out a window, allowing many to escape.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Some of these themes emerge in Moehringer’s book, which takes care to spotlight the good, the bad and the ugly parts of life on a barstool, even if it isn’t specifically about alcoholism.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Derek announces from his position on the barstool.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
A tavern’s open door to my right revealed a line of patrons perched atop barstools, their backs to the open door, watching a TV showing the eclipse nearing totality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
On June 2, those workers will sit beneath iPhones hung overhead to record them while observers are positioned on barstools a few inches behind them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
There is something bigger than beer brewing at the Francis Kite Club, a new haunt in the East Village whose artists hold performances, shape its programming and debate politics from their barstools.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
They replaced the windows, added new barstools and moved the furnace to increase and space out interior seating.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
Workmen put red vinyl booths along the far wall and reupholstered the old barstools with Zizmo’s zebra skin.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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