barstool
Americannoun
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barstools
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of barstool
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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
Turchin's prognostications would be easier to dismiss as barstool theorizing if the disintegration were not happening now, roughly as the Seer of Storrs foretold 10 years ago.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
For “The Ladies Who Lunch,” LuPone sits on a barstool in a white fur coat with a drink in her hand and wicked mischief in her eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
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
He released his grip and backed away, his feet tangling in the wreckage of the broken barstool.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Two journalists settled onto barstools beneath signs for pilsners and cherry sours.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
Many of the home’s original furnishings were sold with the house including the Eames barstools from Herman Miller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
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 told me over dinner at Elmer Suds Pub, which is the place with the curly fries and the tables that are so tall you need to sit on barstools.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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