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wagon seat

American  

noun

Furniture.
  1. a plain, unupholstered settee, usually with a slat back, for use either indoors or in a wagon.


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

She lifted the bundle and put it beneath the wagon seat.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

I took her from her mother and we settled on the wagon seat.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

His eyes were moist as he lifted me up to the wagon seat and then nodded.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac