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bootjack

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boot·jack  (btjk)
n.
A forked device for holding a boot secure while the foot is being withdrawn.
bootjack [ˈbuːtˌdʒæk]
n
a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bootjackbootjack - has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
Translations
bootjack [ˈbuːtˌdʒæk] n → cavastivali m inv
bootjack [ˈbuːtˌdʒæk] n → cavastivali m inv


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You go there, enter the great door, get a bow graduated to your style and clothes from the gorgeous portier, and a bath ticket and an insult from the frowsy woman for a quarter; she strikes a bell and a serving-man conducts you down a long hall and shuts you into a commodious room which has a washstand, a mirror, a bootjack, and a sofa in it, and there you undress at your leisure.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
They did not see Matthew, who shrank bashfully back into the shadows beyond the woodbox with a boot in one hand and a bootjack in the other, and he watched them shyly for the aforesaid ten minutes as they put on caps and jackets and talked about the dialogue and the concert.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
I could have thrown my bootjack at him (it lay ready on the rug), for having entrapped me into the disclosure of anything concerning Agnes, however immaterial.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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