barstool

[bahr-stool]

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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

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Examples from the Web for barstool

Contemporary Examples

Does he pick up yet another identity, a cast-off item left on a barstool?
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Jace Lacob
April 3, 2013
Like any cloud-headed student or barstool idealist, he just wanted to change the world.
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Joshua Robinson
October 13, 2010
Who would deserve a barstool in the lineup of Great American Fathers?
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Bruce Feiler
June 19, 2010

Historical Examples

While Harry was drawing the beer I walked string straight to the jukebox, clicked in a quarter, and stalked back to the barstool.
Cue for Quiet
Thomas L. Sherred

Word Origin and History for barstool

n.

also bar-stool, bar stool, 1910, from bar (n.2) + stool.

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