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steamer chair

steamer chair

noun

  1. a type of reclinable chair with a wooden or wicker frame, sometimes upholstered, designed for relaxing in
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of steamer chair1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

When you fell you had caught at the rungs of a steamer-chair, and while you clutched it, I clung to your waist.

On one of his many voyages to America, he was sitting on deck in a steamer-chair when two little girls stopped before him.

Chinese deck-stewards glided about in their felt slippers, trying to attach the right person to the right steamer-chair.

Percival found it decidedly hard going before he reached his steamer-chair.

He wanted very much to sit down, and he was unwilling to occupy any other steamer-chair, for fear its owner might claim it.

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