creepie stool

creepie stool
creep|ie «KREE pee», noun, or creepie stool,
Scottish. a low stool: »

On the creepie stool, chubby Isaac absorbed the wonder of half-comprehended words (New Yorker).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Creepie — Creep ie ( [y^]), n. A low stool. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • creepie — ˈkrēpē noun ( s) Etymology: creep (I) + ie dialect Britain : a low three legged stool : cutty stool …   Useful english dictionary

  • creep|ie — «KREE pee», noun, or creepie stool, Scottish. a low stool: »On the creepie stool, chubby Isaac absorbed the wonder of half comprehended words (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jenny Geddes — (c. 1600 ndash; c. 1660) was a Scottish market trader in Edinburgh, who is alleged to have thrown her stool at the head of the minister in St Giles Cathedral in objection to the first public use of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer in Scotland.… …   Wikipedia

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