hall stand
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Wednesday’s show — the last of the Disney hall stand — got to all of it, with Simon still in exquisite form in the last light of his performing career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
Near Hrothgar’s hall stand the images of the Scyldings’ gods, grotesque faces carved out of wood or hacked from stone and set up in a circle, eyes staring inward, gazing thoughtfully at nothing.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
When you leave the flat, put it on the hall stand.
From Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl by Irene Elliott Benson
The lower part of the house was gloomy and dark, but she could see the lamp glimmering on the hall stand.
From The Moon Rock by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
In this passage or hall stand the women, and do not enter the church as they do not enter other churches, unless they go to the Lord's supper.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
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