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1559 in P. C. D. Brears Yorks. Probate Inventories 1542–1689 (1972) 5 Item 2 old chaires... Item one litill crekett stole.

1637 Deloney's Gentle Craft (new ed.) viii. sig. E3^v Here is now sixteene pence a weeke beside..Hose, Shooes, Coats, Petticoates, Cradie and Crickets, and beside that a standing stoole.

a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant v. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. e5 I'l stand upon a Cricket, and there make Fluent Orations to 'em.

1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers ii. i. 14 I went thither [sc. to Westminster Hall] expecting to find you upon a Cricket, civilly taking Reports.

1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 104 [She] threw her Cricket-stool at his Head.

1713 A. Pope in Guardian 25 June 2/1 That he..hath privily conveyed any large Book, Cricket, or other Device under him, to exalt him on his Seat.

1740 T. Gray Let. 20 May (1971) I. 156 Nine chairs..five stools, and a cricket.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. i. 8 His cricket-stool by the side of a huge fire.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. vii. 106 Mary drew the little ‘cricket’ out from under the dresser, and sat down at Mrs. Wilson's knee.

1880 C. M. Yonge Bye-words 220 He gave us each a little cricket to sit upon.

1922 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 30 Nov. 8/4 The marshmallow fork, the brass cornpopper, the spider-legged toaster, the swinging crane and kettle and the low cricket stool are all found around the much used and appreciated fireplace.

1974 D. Van Ess Pioneers in Arab World iii. 23 How clearly I remember sitting on a little stool (we called it a ‘cricket’) beside my grandmother's rocking chair.

2002 L. Moore Odie Dodie 151 Then he would find a shady spot, open his folding cricket stool with a snap, and sag into its seat like a beanbag.