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

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

Agnes asked languidly, as she lolled in her steamer chair on the third morning out of Boston.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Thelma Gooch

There, sitting in a steamer chair, in a big red bath robe, was the invalid, Mr. Ackerman.

From Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise by Allen Chapman

The after deck, from the companion hatch to the taffrail, had been reserved by the revolutionists for Helen Marr and her steamer chair.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

He was from Detroit, and for the first three days remained lashed to his steamer chair like a mummy, with nothing showing but a blue nose and closed eyelids.

From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Richard Harding Davis

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