Boston rocker

noun

1. an American wooden rocking chair having a solid, curved seat, often painted or grained, a spindle back, narrow rockers, and usually gilt designs stenciled on the crest rail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boston rocker¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Many chairs—windsors, comb-backs, a Boston rocker—filled the empty spaces with an old-time flavor.

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When the—colored messenger was gone, I sat down in the Boston rocker, clasped my hands, and drew a deep, deep sigh of ecstatic expectation.

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Or suppose I have not sold any of my wares as yet, but have only imported, to be sold by-and-by, five hundred Boston rockers.

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The moment Mr. Brewster left for the barn, his wife returned to the "help," who had plumped herself down into the wooden Boston rocker and was fanning herself vigorously with a newspaper.

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