steamer chair

noun

1. deck chair.

steamer chair

noun

1. a type of reclinable chair with a wooden or wicker frame, sometimes upholstered, designed for relaxing in

Word History and Origins

Origin of steamer chair¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

When you fell you had caught at the rungs of a steamer-chair, and while you clutched it, I clung to your waist.

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On one of his many voyages to America, he was sitting on deck in a steamer-chair when two little girls stopped before him.

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Chinese deck-stewards glided about in their felt slippers, trying to attach the right person to the right steamer-chair.

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Percival found it decidedly hard going before he reached his steamer-chair.

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He wanted very much to sit down, and he was unwilling to occupy any other steamer-chair, for fear its owner might claim it.

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