footrule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"To argue as if there were somewhere a concrete thing called justice — like a footrule — is an illusion. A footrule that was six inches long at one time and twelve at another, would create inextricable confusion, its length being altered and not its name […]"

From foot + rule.

footrules (plural) foot-rule (alternative)

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