The Clue
Milkmaid's need (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STOOL
Tags
Notes
The answer STOOL is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Bar perch
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"Cheers" prop
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Diner perch
Draftsman's perch
Foot or toad
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Pub perch
Seat at a bar
Seat at the bar
Sot spot
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Aid in reaching a high shelf, maybe
Aid for reaching the top shelf, maybe
Seat that may have a swivel top
Definition
STOOL as a noun:
1. a simple seat without a back or arms
2. (fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection) = solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
3. (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
4. (toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne) = a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
STOOL as a verb:
1. lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2. react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3. (stool, tiller) = grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
4. (stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make) = have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"