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
It seems that he bought a bootjack for three shillings; and the cost of countless other household items is as carefully set down.
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Emerson Hough
"The bootjack doesn't make the souvenir; it's the souvenir makes the bootjack, doesn't it?" said Skippy, who was thinking deeply.
From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Ernest Fuhr
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