cane chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cane chair
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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Everyone wanted a cane chair or a marble-topped bistro table, she noticed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The family’s northern provenance is apparent in the home’s entryway, where an antique New England cane chair stands next to a wicker basket of shells and stones the Moffetts collected at Rhode Island’s Matunuck Beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2018
On the second day the older monk carried in a cane chair for the use of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, placing it near the altar area, bowing and gesturing for him to sit down.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
She sat down in a cane chair by the window.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
He sat down on a cane chair in the dark hall and began to say, 'Hooper is dead now, Hooper is dead,’ over and over to himself, in a whisper.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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