swivel chair

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noun

a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.

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Origin of swivel chair

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Words nearby swivel chair

Switz., Switzer, Switzerland, swive, swivel, swivel chair, swivel gun, swivel-hipped, swivel pin, swiveltree, swivel weaving

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How to use swivel chair in a sentence

I’m sitting at the moment on a swivel chair on wheels, but it could be a little stool, which we also would categorize, perhaps as a chair.
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While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
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She added: “NBC News is proud to have David in the important anchor chair of ‘Meet the Press.’ ”
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Still fearful and smarting from the pain, I arrived on time and was led to chair in his office.
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In our screenings, he always sits in the same corner chair and always looks hopeful, no matter what the movie.
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For a large fee, you could be pushed down the boardwalk on a rolling wicker chair by a black worker.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.
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British Dictionary definitions for swivel chair

swivel chair

noun

a chair, the seat of which is joined to the legs by a swivel and which thus may be spun round

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