grandfather's chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grandfather's chair
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
By the side of the grate sat Tony in a high grandfather's chair.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
He will sit in a grandfather's chair, and I shall be his footstool!
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
Alfred, behind his grandfather's chair, was the only one who felt aggrieved and disappointed.
From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson
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
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