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
He waves his visitor to a sofa, then takes a straight chair beside him.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the cell is a straight chair, a table, a board that serves as her bed and a small washroom with a cold shower.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is sitting in a little straight chair surrounded by children at the school he is visiting.
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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