Mrs. Smith placed an antimacassar on the back of her new recliner. From LearnThat.org.
The buggy whip, spittoon, antimacassar and Walter Cronkite. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Olbermann Versus O'Reilly: It's a Shoot] Reference
He wrenched an antimacassar from a chair and used it as a gag. From Wordnik.com. [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference
Nobody wants to bring that one out from under the antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Oil at $140 is Still a Modern Miracle] Reference
He sat down on an overstuffed armchair with a fussy antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
I thought I was the only one here old enough to know the word “antimacassar”!!. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Thursday Night Open Thread] Reference
Penthony, warmly, sinking into an arm-chair and gracefully disposing an antimacassar over his head. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Lee sat beside a small marble-topped table, covered at the moment with an antimacassar borrowed from the couch. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns Of The South]
If you feel an overwhelming urge to multitask while listening, try doing some whittling, or tat an antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
I declare to my antimacassar if you took up a straw from the bloody floor and if you said to Bloom: LOOK AT, BLOOM. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Squares for antimacassar in guipure d'art, 550, 551. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
You remember how you admired it in that antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Theo A Sprightly Love Story] Reference
Design antimacassar for middle-aged sofa in Streatham. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pim Passes By] Reference
Mr. Bundercombe covered them over with an antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [An Amiable Charlatan] Reference
The voice of the antimacassar worker broke the silence. From Wordnik.com. [Many Cargoes] Reference
In the drawing-room, not a tassel of an antimacassar touched!. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Oh, yes, in that corner, decently covered with an antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World] Reference
"Oh, will he? did he work you an -- antimacassar or something?". From Wordnik.com. [The Marriage of Elinor] Reference
David took from the back of his chair a crochet antimacassar with. From Wordnik.com. [Kilmeny of the Orchard] Reference
The edge of the antimacassar is ornamented with a grey woollen fringe. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Bernadine threw an antimacassar half over the box, but he was too late. From Wordnik.com. [The Double Four] Reference
I remember a black sofa, which smelt of dust, an antimacassar over its head. From Wordnik.com. [London River] Reference
The tree grew admirably upon the china plate under the cover of an antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Child] Reference
So she laid the doll on the sofa, and covered it with an antimacassar, to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
Had not the donative antimacassar already established a claim upon the Treachers 'gratitude?. From Wordnik.com. [Major Vigoureux] Reference
Lucian seated himself on an uncomfortable chair covered with an antimacassar of crochet work. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent House] Reference
David, with a sigh, returned the crochet antimacassar carefully to its place on the chair back. From Wordnik.com. [Kilmeny of the Orchard] Reference
For furniture, there were just chairs, arm-chairs, table, and a horse-hair antimacassar-ed sofa. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
The small rosettes and remaining patterns of the antimacassar are easily worked from illustration. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Greatorex drew close to the hearth the horsehair and mahogany armchair with the white antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Sisters] Reference
Go to the opera and look at the rich ladies 'frocks: they might have come out of an antimacassar factory. From Wordnik.com. [Since Cézanne] Reference
The illustration shows the fourth of the antimacassar and the whole of the rosette which forms the centre. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Greyhound, by the light of which a middle-aged seaman of sedate appearance sat crocheting an antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Many Cargoes] Reference
The very old lady in the antimacassar touched Ann Veronica's arm suddenly, and said, in a deep, arch voice. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Veronica, a modern love story] Reference
I saw a poorly furnished sitting-room -- a table with a sewing machine, a paraffin lamp, a chair with an antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [Lore of Proserpine] Reference
In the end we selected a dirty but fairly big bit of lace which we found draped over an antimacassar on a broken armchair. From Wordnik.com. [The Rising of the Moon]
So superficial and false a judgement is a quaint example of mid-Victorian taste: it reminds me of the horsehair sofa and the antimacassar. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Shakespeare] Reference
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