bootjack
Americannoun
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a yokelike device for catching the heel of a boot, as a riding boot, to aid in removing it.
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a notch or molding for the same purpose, cut into a piece of furniture.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bootjack
Example Sentences
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Best bootjack was that of Woodrow Weaver, 16.
From Time Magazine Archive
Governor Harry Woodring of Kansas exhibited a bootjack which was sold for $6.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, “Mrs. Laurence.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Come home, dear, and I'll find your bootjack; I suppose that's what you are rummaging after among my things.
From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Alcott, Louisa May
It would not look well to see a lady struggling out of a pair of wet boots with the help of a bootjack and a couple of chambermaids.
From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)
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