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

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Example Sentences

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steamer chair

All that day she lay in her bamboo steamer chair on deck.

From The Slayer Of souls by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

She was sitting quite rigid in her steamer chair, and her lips were white.

From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck

So for several days with the punkah swinging over him the convalescent lay stretched out upon his steamer chair, the very picture of comfort and pleasant dreams.

From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets

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

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

Sitting on the edge of her steamer chair Marian tapped the deck excitedly with her toe and carefully adjusted an imaginary crease in her skirt.

From The Bachelors A Novel by William Dana Orcutt

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