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noun

an upholstered armchair for lounging.

Obsolete, wing chair.

Origin:
1700–10

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easy chair

—n
	a comfortable upholstered armchair

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Word Origin & History

easy chair

1707, from easy + chair.

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Example sentences

As they go back, the pastor offers him a disreputable easy chair.

He slowly settles down into the battered, white easy chair next to the fire.

Hotel accommodations include two twin or one queen bed in a standard guestroom

with a large desk and an easy chair.

Attributed to the same cabinetmaker is the mahogany easy chair with square,

upholstered back.

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