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divan
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Definition:5. A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum,
Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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the divan room, where they were playing chess,
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fat women lolling on divans, turbans on their heads or velvet caps,
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
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He was lying in a squirrel-fur dressing gown on a divan, surrounded by pillows.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 12 (Book Twelve)
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In the middle of the room stood a monumental divan surmounted by a massif of palms and azaleas.
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