单词 | grandmother chair |
释义 | > as lemmasgrandmother chair grandmother chair n. (also grandmother's chair) any of various types of old-style chair, esp. one with padded sides and wings; cf. grandfather chair n. at grandfather n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1896 J. E. Panton Gentlewoman's Home xv. 334 In this room, then, I should advise Bartholomew & Fletcher's ‘grandfather’ and ‘grandmother’ chairs. 1908 Country Life in Amer. July 306/2 The best of these were wing-chairs, sometimes called grandmother's chairs. 1988 Which? Guide to Buying Antiques (rev. ed.) 37/1 ‘Grandmother’ spoon-backed ladies' chair without arms. 2001 J. L. Cook Coalescence of Styles ii. 43 The slat-back arm or ‘grandmother’ chair from the French Shore of Nova Scotia..was stylistically influential on Madawaska Settlement examples. < as lemmas |
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