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high chair
[high a. 3.]
A child's chair with high legs, usually fitted with a movable tray and footrest.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xliv. 400 Little Rawdon..was perched on a high chair by the baronet's side. 1853C. Brontë Villette I. ii. 23 The demure little person..perched now on a high chair. Ibid. 25 She relinquished the high chair for a low stool. 1885C. M. Yonge Two Sides of Shield II. i. 8 Mrs. Halfpenny [sc. the nanny] always put us on the high chair with our faces to the wall when we were jealous. 1913C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. 7 Stella was fitted into her high chair; the circular top was brought over from behind and thumped into its place with a click. 1943C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter ii. ix. 214 Ralph banged his spoon on his high-chair tray. 1959Sunday Times 25 Oct. 20/6 Spoon overboard: the tyrant in the high chair makes a point. |