Sentences with phrase «chairs back east»

They were dirty, calloused and sunburned, perhaps, but also free of stiff petticoats and corsets that kept them sitting uncomfortably on the edges of chairs back east.

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When a 2008 initiative, Measure 10, which would have banned the use of tax money for campaigns or lobbying and restricted political contributions by government contractors was defeated, its committee chair Jim Anderson noted, «We'll be able to prepare accordingly next time, knowing that the real opposition to ethics reform in South Dakota is NEA union officials back east.»

The fabric for the curtains and the chair in the foreground is an old Colefax and Fowler linen print that they had in their first home back east.

Anti-maccassars were developed to keep the hair oil that came from Maccassar (East Indies) from staining the backs of chairs.