chaise longue
Americannoun
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chaise longues,
plural
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chaises longues
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chaise longue
1790–1800; < French: long chair; chaise lounge by folk etymology
Example Sentences
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The gurney that rolls out of the ambulance makes for an excellent chaise longue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
The photo of the sheep on the chaise longue was shrunk to about the size of a postage stamp.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
No-one's requested to come and see the chaise longue.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2022
For a nursery with lots of space, Risdon purchased a chaise longue.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
She took with her to her grave the picture of her little daughter’s body laid out on the chaise longue in the drawing room of the Ayemenem House.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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