bar chair

plural bar chairs · alternative barchair

1. A tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.

   Bar chairs were heavy with high backs that prevented many a drunk’s reverse gainer.

   2005, R. J. Grubb, Mordray’s Whale, New York/Lincoln/Shanghai: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 130

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   Past the bar was a little area in an alcove that contained a few tall, round tables and bar chairs.

   2004, Kathy Love, Wanting What You Get, New York: Zebra Books, published by Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, (eBook)

   He ordered a Corona, stretched and groaned as he lowered himself into a too small bar chair.

   2005, Buff Brazy Given, Simon’s Story: A Novel, [sine loco]: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 161

   The door was guarded by a retired cop named Frankie the Golfer, who sat by the door in an upholstered bar chair that he leaned back against the wall.

   2013, John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote, New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, (eBook)

   Roy pulled his bulk off the bar chair. Joe held it for Megan, who had to step onto the bar rail to lift herself onto the chair.

   2013, Richard Rose, The Lazarus Conspiracies, Honolulu, HI, USA: Savant Books, →ISBN, page 154

   Synonyms: bar stool