Morris chair
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Morris chair
First recorded in 1895–1900; named after William Morris
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Dr. Safford and cousin Houston Fall lifted Mr. Fall out of the wheel chair, tucked him into a big green morris chair provided for him throughout the hearing.
From Time Magazine Archive
He passed in front of Mr. Perkins and settled himself heavily in the morris chair.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor
I sat in the library, in the morris chair, deeply immersed in the life of Nietzsche, by his sister.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
She shrank back behind the high morris chair and he stopped suddenly.
From Mary Rose of Mifflin by Sterrett, Frances R.
Oh, One-Eye!" he whispered to a dear image that seemed to fill the morris chair, "if you was only here!
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
