Cuttystool

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A low stool. Scotland, obsolete

    "She's now nae mair Kate but Miss Dalrymple. Her auld cutty stool that she used at her wheel, Was flung by for her gilded sofa sae gaudy, Now she's arrayed in her silk and brocade, Ind brags о' her muff's and ruff's wi' ony lady."

  2. 2
    A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister. historical

Synonyms

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stool of repentance

Example

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"She's now nae mair Kate but Miss Dalrymple. Her auld cutty stool that she used at her wheel, Was flung by for her gilded sofa sae gaudy, Now she's arrayed in her silk and brocade, Ind brags о' her muff's and ruff's wi' ony lady."

Etymology

From cutty + stool.

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