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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

Our rifle and money box are slid beneath the wagon seat.

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

Stella’s mother sat up tall on the wagon seat, her gaze focused straight ahead.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

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

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

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