wing chair
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wing chair
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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“A wing chair is one of the coziest pieces of furniture to have in a room.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
More and more often, I settle into a shabby, cat-clawed wing chair with the day’s newspapers and periodically snort “Harrumph!” or grumble that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2021
He looked snug in a blue wing chair in a corner of his house.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2020
“It’s a nightmare,” he said, presiding in a high-backed leather wing chair off the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2017
He comes around the desk and sits upright in the wing chair beside mine.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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