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The girls return into the house, get into the kitchen, and for a long time sit there on tabourets, contemplating the angry cook Prascoviya, swinging their legs and silently gnawing the sunflower seeds.

From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert

The other seats about the room are mostly tabourets, covered with Cordova leather, embossed in gold and colors and tooled by hand in free arabesque designs.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various

There were heavy, dark red tables carved with all kinds of flowers and animals, bright silk cushions, little ebony tabourets with brass trays upon them, curious vases and lacquer boxes from China and Japan.

From The Cat in Grandfather's House by Grabo, Carl Henry

Women of this rank have the privilege of being seated in the presence of the king on state occasions, and tabourets were provided for them accordingly.

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore

Then, returning, he sat down in the ivory chair to wait, while, in obedience to a gesture, Nânâ took one of the tabourets at a little distance from the bed.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton