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.
What’s Wrong With Shortcuts? (Ep. 483)|Stephen J. Dubner|November 18, 2021|Freakonomics
He sat before a wall full of badges, in a big swivel chair, his bovine features set in mistrustful concentration.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He sits, leans back in his swivel chair and begins to discuss his SATC character, Aleksandr Petrovsky.
Baryshnikov Unbound|Ross Kenneth Urken|May 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Ward sat back in his swivel chair, hooked his thumbs into the arm holes of his vest and beamed.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

She dropped her check book into a drawer and swung round in her swivel chair until she faced him.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Thatcher sank into Bassett's swivel chair and swung round once or twice as though testing it, meanwhile eyeing the map.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Then he settled himself in his swivel chair and beamed his warmest.
Wayside Courtships|Hamlin Garland
"Come over here," already seated at his desk, on his swivel-chair, he motioned me to a seat.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp

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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