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
Toiling up the hill out of the fog was Red Rabbit, and behind him I saw Uncle on the wagon seat.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
He had swept the wagon box clean and laid a clean blanket on the wagon seat.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The family and their guest waited while Shadrach climbed down from the wagon seat.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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