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straight chair

American  

noun

  1. a chair with a straight back, especially one that is unupholstered and has straight legs and straight arms or no arms.


straight chair British  

noun

  1. a straight-backed side chair

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Casals sits in a straight chair, dough-faced, tubby, so tiny that his feet no more than reach the floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is sitting in a little straight chair surrounded by children at the school he is visiting.

From Time Magazine Archive

He waves his visitor to a sofa, then takes a straight chair beside him.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the cell is a straight chair, a table, a board that serves as her bed and a small washroom with a cold shower.

From Time Magazine Archive

He sat in a straight chair by the window with his hands stuffed tight into his pockets, and nodded or smiled to show his guests that he understood.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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