footlocker
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈfʊtˌlɑːkər/
- US
:
baúl
- The soldier stored his clothes and personal items in the footlocker at the end of his bed.
- an open footlocker
- a metal footlocker
- a silver footlocker
So it's right right around the, the footlocker time where we were maybe a little more rambunctious and a little fighty.
- So it's right right around the, the footlocker time where we were maybe a little more rambunctious and a little fighty.
Examples
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Periodically, my father drove to Saigon to requisition the payroll, a footlocker full of money.
Academic text (2011) -
We got an empty cot, empty footlocker.
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"We set the footlocker on the floor."
Fiction book (1998) -
Let's see the inside of that footlocker, soldier.
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However, your sergeant has come across the following items in your footlocker.
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Well, I found the footlocker, ma'am.
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Sir, it's a recruit's drawing of a footlocker, sir!
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Private Pyle, why is your footlocker unlocked?
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Bedford's footlocker is in my barracks.
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After inspection, I found my Koran sitting alone in my footlocker, unharmed.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
496
1.0
A small locked box for keeping personal things at places like schools or gyms
363
1.0
A large strong box for storing clothes or valuables
110
3.3
A large strong box for keeping clothes and other things
11
3.0
A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Footlocker comes from the words foot and locker, because people kept a small chest at the 'foot' or 'end of the bed'. So a footlocker is a sturdy box or trunk for personal things, often used by soldiers or students in dorms.