barstool

[ bahr-stool ]

/ ˈbɑrˌstul /

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noun

a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.

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Origin of barstool

bar¹ + stool

Words nearby barstool

Barrymore family, Barry Mountains, Barsac, bar sinister, barspoon, barstool, Barstow, Bart, bar tack, bartend, bartender

How to use barstool in a sentence

Does he pick up yet another identity, a cast-off item left on a barstool?
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Like any cloud-headed student or barstool idealist, he just wanted to change the world.
How to Save a Million Lives|Joshua Robinson|October 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Who would deserve a barstool in the lineup of Great American Fathers?
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While Harry was drawing the beer I walked string straight to the jukebox, clicked in a quarter, and stalked back to the barstool.
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