soft-seater
n.— «I think that Blue Rodeo tour made us play with a lot more dynamics than we ever did, ’cause we played soft-seaters every night. We heard vocals in the monitors for the first time!» —“Roadhouse vs. the soft-seater” by Don Pyle Eye Weekly (Toronto, Can.) Apr. 12, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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