steamer chair

noun

deck chair.

Origin of steamer chair

First recorded in 1885–90

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Historical Examples of steamer chair

How silly of her to wish to rest upon that steamer-chair as she has done.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
Guy De Maupassant
Though within ten feet, he has not noticed me reclining in a steamer-chair on deck.
Oswald Langdon
Carson Jay Lee
When he returned to the hotel White was sitting in a steamer-chair on the balcony.
Cabbages and Kings
O. Henry
There were two girls in the window-seat and another in a steamer-chair.
A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories
Marian T. MacIntosh
They never picked up a life-boat, or even so much as a steamer-chair.
By Right of Conquest
Arthur Hornblow

British Dictionary definitions for steamer chair

steamer chair

noun

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

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