Arm-chair

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of armchair. alt-of, dated

    "A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire."

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abstractacademicchairclosetclosetconjectural

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"The detective seated himself in the arm-chair, and puffed complacently at his cigar."

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