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Examples of tuffet
tuffet
How I longed to sit across from you on one of those big yellow tuffet-looking things.
From the newsobserver.com
He can wear his new suit, though I doubt whether she will persuade him to sit on a tuffet in such a magnificent garment.
From the iwcp.co.uk
You and your Little Miss Muffet will not only know what a tuffet is but will find tips on how to recite Dickinson and Blake.
From the jsonline.com
The full menu is available, though I can't imagine perching on a tuffet not much higher than a footstool to eat a $125 dinner.
From the nytimes.com
No, she sat on a tuffet.
From the boston.com
Also known as a tuffet, a name that recalls the nursery rhyme and images of Miss Muffet eating her curds and whey, its image was once old-fashioned.
From the denverpost.com
I want the utter luxury of Gaston's seared foie gras on a tuffet of the softest, softly bitter turnip, a refreshing departure from the usual sweet treatments.
From the chron.com
I think I actually may have groaned with pleasure when I bit into the soft, almost candied tuffet of turnip that came with a rosy medallion of Muscovy duck breast.
From the chron.com
- Footstool: a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
- Tuffet, pouffe or hassock are all terms for a piece of furniture used as a footstool or low seat. It is distinguished from a stool by being completely covered in fabric so that no legs are visible. ...
- A clump of grass or similar vegetation; A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool; An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting
