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Law⋅son

[law-suhn]
–noun
Robert, 1892–1957, U.S. illustrator and author, esp. of children's books.

Law⋅son

[law-suhn]
–adjective (sometimes lowercase)
of or pertaining to a style of overstuffed sofa or chair that is boxy in shape, with square back and seat cushions and broad, square or rounded arms that are lower in height than the back: a Lawson sofa.

Origin:
allegedly from a kind of furniture designed for Thomas W. Lawson (1857–1925), U.S. financier
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