wagon seat

noun

, Furniture.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wagon seat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

Stoltzfoos hoisted himself to the wagon seat and reached a hand down to boost his wife up beside him.

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Waziri gave his late playmates no notice beyond sitting rather straighter on the wagon seat than was comfortable.

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A large dinner-basket, nicely packed under the wagon-seat, showed which these families were.

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It's pretty long and he can spear whatever he wants from the wagon seat.

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Here's two silver dollars, and you'll find some doughnuts in the wagon seat with a chunk of cheese.

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