elephant's foot

[Dave Wilton]

I've heard the expression way back in some dim past--specifically in
reference to rolling library stools. To my knowledge it's not very common on
this side of the pond.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of A. Maberry
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:30 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: elephant's foot
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>
> 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
> >
> > Dr M Lynne Murphy
> > Lecturer in Linguistics
> > Acting Director, MA in Applied Linguistics
> > School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
> > University of Sussex
> > Brighton BN1 9QH
> > UK
> >
> > phone +44-(0)1273-678844
> > fax   +44-(0)1273-671320
> >
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