Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a high back: as, a high-backed chair.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a high back
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Examples
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Stocker walked back to his desk and settled into his high-backed leather chair, the city's seal on the wall behind him.
Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Wonder where that high-backed chair came from though - I kinda dig it and would love to own one if I could get it with arms! phoenix
Downlights And Macs: The Quest For The Perfect Workspace Configuration | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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I have this vision of David during one of our visits in his Bed-Stuy home, sitting in a high-backed chair, smoking a Newport, gazing into the late day sun.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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I have this vision of David during one of our visits in his Bed-Stuy home, sitting in a high-backed chair, smoking a Newport, gazing into the late day sun.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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I have this vision of David during one of our visits in his Bed-Stuy home, sitting in a high-backed chair, smoking a Newport, gazing into the late day sun.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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I have this vision of David during one of our visits in his Bed-Stuy home, sitting in a high-backed chair, smoking a Newport, gazing into the late day sun.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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The high-backed, luxuriously upholstered seat of brown leather gave her a sense of great comfort; yet even greater, it seemed to her, was the nearness and comfort of the man himself and of his body.
CHAPTER XIX 2010
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While not all America's stations retain their sense of history, the best are outstanding: elegant, classical halls with marble floors and hardwood, high-backed benches that smack of grand dreams and high drama.
Amtrak adventures Anna Pickard 2010
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I have this vision of David during one of our visits in his Bed-Stuy home, sitting in a high-backed chair, smoking a Newport, gazing into the late day sun.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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I have this vision of David during one of our visits in his Bed-Stuy home, sitting in a high-backed chair, smoking a Newport, gazing into the late day sun.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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