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
On the hall stand was a stack of visiting cards.
From The Weight of the Crown by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
On leaving Miss Fewbanks Mr. Holymead had gone up to the hall stand and taken both his hat and stick as if he had left them both there a few minutes before.
From The Hampstead Mystery by Watson, John R. (John Reay)
But his own bearing was outwardly unruffled as he took down his hat from the old mahogany hall stand.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
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