rocking chair
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rocking chair
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
Example Sentences
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I’d rather have a big pile of Benjamins when I’m ready for my rocking chair.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
The school takes advantage of all the free resources it can get, and adopted a rocking chair for a reading corner.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
William Shields is on the same clock, “reading novels on the rocking chair on my porch” and feeling as though “this is the happiest time of my entire life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
"Some of us are just made that way. We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," KlimaSeniorinnen member Elisabeth Stern, 76, told BBC News.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2024
Cassiopeia, the youngest, had taken a Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! book from the shelf to look at the pictures and had promptly fallen asleep in the rocking chair.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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