DEFINITIONS

deacon seat

noun

a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.

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Words nearby deacon seat

deaccelerate, deaccession, deacetylate, deacidify, deacon, deacon seat, deaconess, deaconry, deactivate, deacylase, dead

Origin of deacon seat

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for deacon seat

  • No one would notice him, however, till one night when he came in late, and undertook to sleep on the "deacon-seat."

    Earth's Enigmas|Charles G. D. Roberts