elbow chair

Example Sentences

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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

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)

If Grandfather took pride in any thing, it was in being the possessor of such an honorable and historic elbow chair.

From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Old Mr. Willcoxen sat half doubled up in his leather-covered elbow chair, in the chimney corner of his bedroom, occupied with smoking his clay pipe, and thinking about his money bags.

From The Missing Bride by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte