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
I might have done it by placing a foot rule on a table and taking that in the picture.
From The Ear in the Wall by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
The spider spins from her body a silk so fine that we can scarcely see it, of which she makes a web as carefully measured as if she had a foot rule.
From Friends and Helpers by Sarah J. Eddy
He bowed three times like a disjointed foot rule and then retired to charge up the wear and tear to his backbone under the head of "special attendance."
From 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life by Joseph Rhode Grismer
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 Edward Charles Pickering
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