Definition of Sedan chair

1. Noun. A closed litter for one passenger.

Exact synonyms: Sedan
Specialized synonyms: Jampan
Generic synonyms: Litter

Definition of Sedan chair

1. Noun. A small litter or palanquin, seating a single person, often borne on two poles and carried by two people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Sedan chair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"THE OLD sedan chair 11 ... pride of the gay and the fair, But now 'tis a ruin,—that old sedan chair! ... As the birds have discovered,—that old sedan chair! ..."

2. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. by Breton (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1813)
"SEDAN-CHAIR OF THE PRIME MINISTER. THE prime minister, or Grand Colao, becomes, ... This print represents the mode of travelling in a sedan-chair, coolis, ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"We must furbish it up, and dispatch it,—"With Care," To a Fine-Art Museum — that old Sedan-chair. THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME WHEN the ways are heavy with ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"But now 'tis a ruin,— that old Sedan-chair! It is battered and tattered,— it little avails That once it was lacquered, and glistened with nails; ..."

5. At the Sign of the Lyre by Austin Dobson (1889)
"... Propped up by a broom-stick and covered with leaves : It once was the pride of the gay and the fair, But now 'tis a ruin,—that old sedan chair ! ..."

6. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"Hands forming sedan chair. pairs of hands are used, locked together to form a seat, and where the patient supports himself by his hands placed upon the ..."

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