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sedan chair

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sedan chair
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a closed chair for one passenger, carried on poles by two bearers. It was commonly used in the 17th and 18th centuries Sometimes shortened to sedan
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Noun1.sedan chairsedan chair - a closed litter for one passenger    
sedan
jampan - a kind of sedan chair used in India
litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
Translations
sedan chair n (Hist) → portantina
sedan chair n (Hist) → portantina


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Four of these native pirates will carry you to the top in a sedan chair, if you wish it, but suppose they were to slip and let you fall,-- is it likely that you would ever stop rolling?
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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