settee
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
Origin of settee
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How to use settee in a sentence
An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various"It's good of you to drop in," he said, after he had fixed me in his own comfortable chair and drawn up the settee for himself.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydDrawing the settee closer to the light, he opened the great volume across his knees and adjusted his spectacles.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydI have forgotten a companionable cat who each morning takes her seat on the long leather settee beside me and shares my crescents.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithShe avoided his ardent gaze, but he moved to the settee beside her and looked into the bewitching face.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for settee
/ (sɛˈtiː) /
a seat, for two or more people, with a back and usually with arms
Origin of settee
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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