chairoplanen.
/ˈtʃɛːrəpleɪn/ A roundabout with seats suspended by chains, the riders being swung round in a wide circle by the revolution of the machinery.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round
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merry-go-around1873
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1922 Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. ‘Char-a-plane’ victim.
1926 Daily Express 6 Aug. 3/2 ‘Chairplane’ Tragedy.
1927 Bulletin 5 Dec. 7/2 A chairoplane erected on a fairground.
a1953 D. Thomas Quite Early One Morning (1954) 29 He whirled in his chairoplane giddily above the upturned laughing faces of the town girls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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