section boss
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section boss
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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On the graves of our conversation pits, we laid down shag carpeting and sectional sofas, which allowed our television sets to serve as the focal point of our living rooms.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
Instead, the draft picks’ reactions will be filmed in their homes, sectional sofas and all.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2020
Ms. Upson also made one of the strongest contributions to this year’s Whitney Biennial: urethane casts of sectional sofas from Las Vegas tract houses, which appeared less like furniture than like misshaped human bodies.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017
"You could be on Ebay, buying sectional sofas," she observed: a remark which opened a brief, vertiginous vista on to the field of possible dependencies that might lurk in my future.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2010
Williams and Gold are tight-lipped about how the company will respond to the new national mood in its furniture, but think guest-friendly items like sectional sofas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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