wing chair
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wing chair
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Louise Penny stepped onto the stage of the small Theatre Lac-Brome in Knowlton, a village in Quebec’s postcard-pretty Eastern Townships 70 miles southeast of Montreal, and settled into a leather wing chair amid applause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
For her room at the 2019 Kip’s Bay Show House, designer Young Huh paired a pillowy 18th century Gustavian banquette with a hefty Italian marble-topped dining table and an antique wing chair.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
He looked snug in a blue wing chair in a corner of his house.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020
He was standing against a backdrop of leather-bound books, a globe, a vintage chandelier and what looked like a leather wing chair.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2020
“Daddy!” the little girl in the wing chair said.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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