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wingback

[wing-bak] / ˈwɪŋˌbæk /


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Velvet wingback chairs flank a fireplace and a stained-glass window obscures the parking lot outside.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon Dec. 30, 2025

Roldan was the best man for his youngest brother Alex, a Sounders right wingback who married his high school sweetheart earlier this month.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2024

“You have to take them back to your office,” said Washington, 46, as she sat, cross-legged, on a wingback chair at the Spence School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2023

Vivian turns on two lamps and settles Molly in a red wingback.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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