wagon seat

American  

noun

Furniture.

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

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Etymology

Origin of wagon seat

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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Example Sentences

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wagon seat

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

Father reaches beneath the wagon seat where he hides his rifle and money.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I’ve missed seeing you,” Ben said, jumping up on the wagon seat beside the black man and punching him affectionately in the arm.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Another mile and Mr. Lias’s gravelly old voice said, “I was pitchin’ hay one mornin’, Sal up thar on the wagon seat a-holdin’ the reins, when here come Mr. James Henry’s bull.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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