foot rule
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of foot rule
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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"There will be occasions were the 20 foot rule would be unconstitutional, but I'm not sure that would make the statute unconstitutional on its face," he says.
From US News ● Jan. 11, 2016
Look well at the two Pointers, because the distance between them, five degrees, is the most convenient "foot rule" for the sky that you will ever find.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen
Considering that I had no standard of measurement within reach—neither yard-stick, nor foot rule, nor graduated scale of any kind—you will naturally conclude that I must have abandoned the problem.
From The Boy Tar by Read, Edward
He found Harry measuring with his foot rule a box for one of his finest paintings.
From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
No case has yet been found in which this quantity is as large as a foot rule seen at a distance of fifty miles, and for comparatively few stars is it certainly appreciable.
From The Future of Astronomy by Pickering, Edward Charles
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