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But today, as he took off his light suit coat and hung it on the hall-tree, along with his best beaver hat, he looked forward to the scene that would take place in his room with something other than anticipation—contempt.
MEMORY’S EMBRACE Linda Lael Miller 1986
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But today, as he took off his light suit coat and hung it on the hall-tree, along with his best beaver hat, he looked forward to the scene that would take place in his room with something other than anticipation—contempt.
MEMORY’S EMBRACE Linda Lael Miller 1986
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Layne shrugged out of her coat and scarf and draped them on the hall-tree by the door.
Leftover Love Janet Daily 1984
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Layne shrugged out of her coat and scarf and draped them on the hall-tree by the door.
Leftover Love Janet Daily 1984
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Layne shrugged out of her coat and scarf and draped them on the hall-tree by the door.
Leftover Love Janet Daily 1984
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Layne shrugged out of her coat and scarf and draped them on the hall-tree by the door.
Leftover Love Janet Daily 1984
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"Place your coat here," said the old lady, indicating a black walnut hall-tree.
Suzanna Stirs the Fire Emily Calvin Blake
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He hung his hat on the hall-tree and passed with rather unsteady steps into the living room.
Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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When I came down-stairs I found Miss Allen enthroned, in icy stateliness, on the uncomfortable seat of the hall-tree; and as I saw her on that first night, so I saw her every night during the five years I made her house my headquarters.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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When I came down-stairs I found Miss Allen enthroned, in icy stateliness, on the uncomfortable seat of the hall-tree; and as I saw her on that first night, so I saw her every night during the five years I made her house my headquarters.
Madeleine An Autobiography Anonymous 1919
 
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