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trivet noun [ ˈtrɪvɪt ]

• an iron tripod or bracket for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on.
Origin: late Middle English: apparently from Latin tripes, triped- ‘three-legged’, from tri- ‘three’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.

as right as a trivet

• perfectly all right; in good health.

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