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View synonyms for deck chair
deck chair
noun
- a folding chair, usually with arms and a full-length leg rest, commonly used for lounging on the decks of passenger ships.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deck chair1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
You want to lead this man carefully away from the iPad, and put him on a deck chair somewhere in the sun.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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Throw that black cloak on the deck chair yonder over my head and shoulders.
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She crossed to the fireplace and sank into a canvas deck-chair with her back to the sewing-machine.
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My sister left me to shut all the windows, and I lay in my long deck chair and looked at the road.
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Delia (settling herself comfortably in deck-chair L. of Belinda and lying in her arms).
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