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I met Peter, because he would sit with Orson in the middle of the desert in a canvas-backed chair, right next to Orson, with a tape recorder, just for hours.
Archive 2009-07-01 Patrick J. Smith 2009
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I met Peter, because he would sit with Orson in the middle of the desert in a canvas-backed chair, right next to Orson, with a tape recorder, just for hours.
Austin Pendleton Speaks. Patrick J. Smith 2009
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The preservation architect, Hyman Myers of the Vitetta Group of Philadelphia, tracked down original materials such as Flexwood, a canvas-backed veneer covering for the balcony's gentle curves.
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The water in both was blackened with flights of canvas-backed ducks, which are most delicious eating, and abound hereabouts at that season of the year.
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Common loons and horned grebes occur frequently, as do greater scaup, great cormorants, canvas-backed ducks, black duck and scoters.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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He and young George had fought many a match of cocks together, taken many a roe in company, hauled in countless quantities of shad and salmon, slain wild geese and wild swans, pigeons and plovers, and destroyed myriads of canvas-backed ducks.
The Virginians 2006
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We put four sturdy, canvas-backed chairs near the south and west walls and placed a glass-covered rattan table in the southwest corner.
The Power of Vastu Living Kathleen Cox 2002
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Simple furniture was carried in, a hinged bed, several canvas-backed chairs and a folding table.
Winter Warriors Gemmell, David 1997
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A canvas-backed vinyl wall covering cleans easily and with enough pattern and color can hide everything from tossed salad to flying oatmeal.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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The three kitchen walls easiest to maintain are tile, canvas-backed vinyl, and paint.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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