Meaning & use
Cracket
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A small, low wooden stool, traditionally used in northern English and Scottish dialects.
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She pulled the cracket up to the hearth and sat down to warm her feet.
The old workshop still had a battered wooden cracket beside the workbench.
A note on using this word
"Cracket" is a regional dialect word, most associated with the north of England and Scotland, and is rarely heard outside those areas today.
Words with a similar meaning
footstoollow stool
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