elbow chair
Example Sentences
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He found the night a favourable time for composition, and what he composed at night he dictated in the day, sitting obliquely in an elbow chair with his leg thrown over the arm.
From Obiter Dicta Second Series by Birrell, Augustine
Nor was he mistaken in his expectation, for he resigned his last breath without any agony, sitting in an elbow chair, being above an hundred years old.
From Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life Wherein is demonstrated, by his own Example, the Method of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age by Cornaro, Luigi
A very beautiful, large, white cat, took possession of Dr. Sinclair's kneee, the moment he seated himself in his elbow chair by the fire-side.
From Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side by Vaux, Frances Bowyer
He can loll in his elbow chair at home, indulge himself in the best of victuals and wine and enjoy the conversation of Betty, his housekeeper.
From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
The old gentleman lowered himself by sections into an elbow chair.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
