rocking chairs
- plural of rocking chair.
Example Sentences
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In the small towns on the boarding house porches of lesser Broadways, rocking-chairs squeak out a dissonant and complaining chorus, thin-lipped ladies swell like croaking frogs into the temporary importance of unofficial news-mongers.
From Time Magazine Archive
It contains a great chest of drawers, a dressing-table and mirror which were part of the mother's wedding outfit over eighty years ago, a mahogany bedstead and a modern writing-desk and rocking-chairs.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
There were religious pictures on the wall, and one or two rocking-chairs.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
"Certainly," replied Rast, seating himself in one of the narrow rocking-chairs; "I have a number of subjects to discuss with our dear Miss Lois."
From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Over its small paned, deep silled windows hung speckless muslin curtains; upon its floor was spread a gayly striped rag carpet; and the wooden rocking-chairs were made soft with skins or feather cushions.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker
