wagon seat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wagon seat
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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A man sat on the wagon seat, leaning patiently forward, his hands hanging loosely between his knees, the reins looped over a crooked finger.
From Time Magazine Archive
He carried a quill pen stuck in his hat, an inkhorn in his lapel, and his fiddle on the wagon seat beside him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scattered rain followed them all the way home, but even though she was damp and her backside was a little sore from sitting on the wagon seat, Stella was in a good mood.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
He had been sitting on the wagon seat, taken from a ’23 Chrysler that wrecked near Paraje, and after all those years the springs poked through the faded mouse-fur fabric like devil claws.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The two deputies climbed on the wagon seat; the sheriff mounted the saddled horse.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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