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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

  • 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

  • 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.

    What A Swell Ride It Was 2008

  • 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.

    American Notes for General Circulation 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Simple furniture was carried in, a hinged bed, several canvas-backed chairs and a folding table.

    Winter Warriors Gemmell, David 1997

  • 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

  • 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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