elbow chair

Example Sentences

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Gently forcing Susannah into an elbow chair, she ran, and lifting an infant a few weeks old from its cradle, put it in Susannah's arms.

From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily

Well," she cried, letting her ponderous person sink into the old-fashioned elbow chair that stood by the bedside, "owd Robert, yon, 'ull ha' to keep quiet for once!

From North, South and over the Sea by Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

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)

Here, reclining in an elbow chair, he is said to have broken out into reflections upon his eventful and singular career.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Thomson, Mrs.

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

From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland