back-to-backs

Updated: May 21, 2025

There were certain settees and back-to-backs, certain whatnots and occasional tables, which seemed to stamp the character of the Dean's widow as meretricious. But these could easily be "managed." Rosamund was enchanted with the house, and went from room to room with Canon Wilton radiantly curious, and almost as excited as a joyous schoolgirl. "I must poke my nose into everything!" she exclaimed.

Robert Smythe Hichens - In the Wilderness