elbow chair
Example Sentences
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A large map and a portrait of Colonel Pyncheon were conspicuous on the walls, and beneath the portrait sat the colonel himself in an elbow chair, with a pen in his hand.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
Grandfather paused a moment; for he felt as if it might be irreverent to introduce the hallowed shade of Washington into a history, where an ancient elbow chair occupied the most prominent place.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
But he had scarcely settled down in a comfortably cushioned elbow chair when the door opened again and into the room walked old Simpson Harker.
From The Paradise Mystery by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
With us he will stay Three months to a day, So let us prepare The snug elbow chair, Which placed by the fire For the hoary-head sire, May comfort impart And cheer his old heart.
From The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems by Bigelow, Mary Ann H. T.
Gently forcing Susannah into an elbow chair, she ran, and lifting an infant a few weeks old from its cradle, put it in Susannah's arms.
From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily
