lounge chair

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noun

a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Also called lounger.

Origin of lounge chair

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby lounge chair

louisiana tanager, louisville, loun, lounge, lounge car, lounge chair, lounge lizard, lounge music, lounge suit, lounger, loungewear
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Example sentences from the Web for lounge chair

  • As a rule she is lying on the sofa or in a lounge-chair reading.

    The Wife and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov

  • She went back to the lounge-chair where she had been sitting, and pointed to another.

    The Green Rust|Edgar Wallace

  • He did not know that already there reclined in a lounge-chair on the lawn of the Exiles Club the man for whom he had been seeking.

    The Exiles of Faloo|Barry Pain

  • You can sit in a lounge-chair and watch them flash past like a continuous cinematograph.

    Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton