elbow chair

Example Sentences

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While you converse with lords and dukes, I have their betters here, my books; Fixed in an elbow chair at ease I choose companions as I please.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

There stood a large, broad-bottomed elbow chair at a table, on which was an empty tumbler, and a "Times" newspaper, and the room smelt powerfully of Stilton cheese.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

The servant piloted him to a high elbow chair and helped him to be seated.

From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland

Who answered, that she was dozing in the elbow chair, having refused to lie down, saying, she should soon, she hoped, lie down for good.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

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)