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

Grandfather’s chair by the hearth stood empty.

From Literature

In the fifth grade we may begin to read some of the hero narratives of our own pioneer epoch as rendered by the best writers; for instance, Higginson's "American Explorers," "Pilgrims and Puritans," "Stories of Our Country," and "Grandfather's Chair."

From Project Gutenberg

"The Merchant of Venice" and "Julius Cæsar" are well adapted to seventh and eighth grades, and there are many selections in which the dialogue is an important feature, as in "The Cricket on the Hearth," "King of the Golden River," "Tanglewood Tales," "Lady of the Lake," "Marmion," "Pilgrim's Progress," "Grandfather's Chair," and many others.

From Project Gutenberg

Hawthorne, in "Grandfather's Chair," has moulded the hardy biography of New England leaders into literary form.

From Project Gutenberg