“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
FOOTFALL
footfall, footstep, step
(noun) the sound of a step of someone walking; “he heard footsteps on the porch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
footfall (countable and uncountable, plural footfalls)
(countable) The sound made by a footstep.
(chiefly, British, uncountable) Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
Source: Wiktionary
Foot"fall`, n.
Definition: A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak. Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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