straight chair
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The tentlike affair had no win dow, no closet and no furniture but a cot, a straight chair and a rickety table.
From Time Magazine Archive
Casals sits in a straight chair, dough-faced, tubby, so tiny that his feet no more than reach the floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
He waves his visitor to a sofa, then takes a straight chair beside him.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sits in a straight chair tilted against the wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now she’s circling around the kitchen table, brushing a crumb here, straightening an already straight chair.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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