steamer chair

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Origin of steamer chair

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby steamer chair

steamed, steamed up, steam engine, steamer, steamer basket, steamer chair, steamer rug, steamer trunk, steam fitter, steam fog, steam-generating heavy-water reactor

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How to use steamer chair in a sentence

When you fell you had caught at the rungs of a steamer-chair, and while you clutched it, I clung to your waist.
They Looked and Loved|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
On one of his many voyages to America, he was sitting on deck in a steamer-chair when two little girls stopped before him.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Chinese deck-stewards glided about in their felt slippers, trying to attach the right person to the right steamer-chair.
The Honorable Percival|Alice Hegan Rice
Percival found it decidedly hard going before he reached his steamer-chair.
The Honorable Percival|Alice Hegan Rice

He wanted very much to sit down, and he was unwilling to occupy any other steamer-chair, for fear its owner might claim it.
The Honorable Percival|Alice Hegan Rice

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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