grandfather's chair

American  

noun

1. wing chair.

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Etymology

Origin of grandfather's chair

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

By the time his mother, Margaret Truman, woke up, she found her two sons perched on either side of their grandfather’s chair.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018

One night he came jubilantly, and no sooner had he lost himself in a grandfather's chair by the fireplace, than he said, with a kind of moan: "He's gone!"

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur

The Girl sat on her grandfather's chair arm, and breaking a morsel of toast dipped it into the broth and tasted it.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene

Hereafter, I shall not be surprised to see a muzzle poking its head out of an oven, or from under grandfather's chair or a farm wagon, or up a tree, or in a garret.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick

The wedding day came, and the captain, tightly buttoned up with shillings and sixpences, sat in his grandfather's chair, till the ceremony was concluded.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various