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settee
/sɛˈtiː/
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What does settee mean?
noun
- A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
- A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
proper noun
- A surname from Cree.
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/sɛˈtiː/
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Next he assisted her into the room, where there was an old-fashioned horsehair settee as large as a donkey wagon.
That night Huldah stretched herself on the settee and Wully slept as usual underneath the table.
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“Try the settee,” said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods.
Then she sat upon a settee and watched the people dance.
She gave her hand for a moment, and then they went to sit down near the window, she on one settee and he on another opposite.