deacon seat
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noun
a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
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Nearby words
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