c. eames

Eames

[eemz]
noun
Charles, 1907–78, U.S. furniture designer and architect.
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Eames
1946, type of modern office chair, named for U.S. architect and designer Charles Eames (1907-1978).
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C. eames is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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