Recamier

[rey-kuh-myey]

Re·ca·mier

[rey-kuh-myey]
noun
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

Origin:
1920–25; after Madame Récamier

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Recamier is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Ré·ca·mier

[rey-ka-myey]
noun
Madame (Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard), 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
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