close-stool
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close-stool
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Example Sentences
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She, that was the cleanliest creature in the world, never shrank now if you set a close-stool under her nose.
From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John
A paper from Fortune's close-stool to give to a nobleman!
From All's Well That Ends Well by Shakespeare, William
His family had an English Bible; and to conceal it the more securely, they conceived the project of fastening it open with packthreads across the leaves, on the inside of the lid of a close-stool!
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
I have none of their arms anywhere but in this backside, near my close-stool.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
An old sword-blade, A garden spade, A hoe, a rake, a ladder, A wooden can, A close-stool pan, A clyster-pipe and bladder.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
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