steamer chair

American  

noun

1. deck chair.

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steamer chair British  

noun

1. a type of reclinable chair with a wooden or wicker frame, sometimes upholstered, designed for relaxing in

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Etymology

Origin of steamer chair

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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steamer chair

Norris even made a sort of steamer chair of poles, using a double thickness of his tarp for the seat and back.

From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee

Rattan easy-chairs and rockers and a steamer chair with gay cushions lent a homely comfort to the apartment.

From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee

Then he had to be taken up on the shelter deck and introduced to a strange, pale man reclining in a steamer chair, who they said was his father.

From Captain June by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

The arms of the steamer chair creaked as Jean's hands clenched upon them.

From The Belovéd Traitor by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

The young man himself lay back in the steamer chair lent him by one of the few friends he had in town, and his overcoat was thrown over his knees.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews