elephant's foot

[A. Maberry]

I've never heard anyone call them "elephant's feet", just stools or
step-stools.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu


On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Lynne Murphy wrote:

> Do other people call a rolling library step stool an 'elephant's foot'?
> (i.e., the kind that look sort of like elephants' feet?) or is that a
> Britishism?
>
> Thanks,
> Lynne
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