chesterfield

Example Sentences

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The black and white entryway, with a white chesterfield sofa and mosaic tile floor, might be at home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

From New York Times

Check that: Couch Slouch can sit on the chesterfield and chew gum at the same time.

From Washington Post

She told the jury, “He drugged her, and then he put her on the chesterfield”—meaning the couch—“and then he did whatever he wanted. He knew she was unconscious.”

From The New Yorker

The development of “chesterfield”—once a common Canadianism for a sofa of any sort, but now somewhat moribund—is explored at length.

From The New Yorker

Even Couch Slouch might get off the chesterfield for that protest.

From Washington Post