elbow chair

Example Sentences

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Now was not that an awful dream For one who single is and snug— With Pussy in the elbow chair, And Tray reposing on the rug?—

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

He grasped the arm of his elbow chair and leaned forward.

From The Paradise Mystery by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

Mrs. Binks made quite a picture, seated in a tall elbow chair, wielding her big teapot, and she pressed her muffins and currant tea-cakes upon her guests with true north-country hospitality.

From Bosom Friends A Seaside Story by Brazil, Angela

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

Here, reclining in an elbow chair, he is said to have broken out into reflections upon his eventful and singular career.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Thomson, Mrs.