Paddock-stool

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A toadstool. Scotland

    "The toad was popularly thought to impersonate the devil; and the toad-stool, pixie stool, or paddock stool was believed to spring from the devil's droppings."

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"The toad was popularly thought to impersonate the devil; and the toad-stool, pixie stool, or paddock stool was believed to spring from the devil's droppings."

Etymology

From Middle English paddocstol, paddok stule; equivalent to paddock (“frog; toad”) + stool.

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