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plural settees
(UK, Texas) A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa. quotations examples
The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur
A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. examples
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