elbow chair
Example Sentences
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An old carved elbow chair, and a chest of the same date, which stood in the corner, were considered the most valuable part of the shepherd's goods, having been in his family for three generations.
From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by Hannah More
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 J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
De Callières, Governor of Montreal, commanded the left wing; De Vaudreuil the right; and De Frontenac, now 76 years of age, was carried, like Menschikoff at Alma, in the centre, in an elbow chair.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
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 Carolyn Wells
Governor Winthrop, upon the elevated dais, in his elbow chair, presides, while, ranged around the central table, is a full attendance of the Assistants.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams
