easy chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of easy chair
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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What is perhaps less obvious is that the smiling, 58-year-old explaining the Australian provenance of a tropical easy chair is a retired police chief who served in Bell, Irwindale and, most recently, Vernon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025
Once inside, Baker "pulled up an easy chair straight in front of the TV", she said, "stretching out his long legs" in time to watch the episode.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023
HAZELIP: Get up out of your easy chair.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023
Getting past my partner, who was fast asleep in an easy chair, I settled upon my task.
From Salon • May 27, 2023
Oggie sat facing us in a threadbare blazer and pajama bottoms, as if he’d been expecting company—just not pants-worthy company—and rocked endlessly in a plastic-covered easy chair as he talked.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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