Meanings
noungrandfather's chair (plural grandfather's chairs)
plural grandfather's chairs
- A type of easy chair with projecting areas at the top.
The dining-room had windows on each side and a beam across; the dining silver had been picked up at sales, the tumblers were old cut glass; on each side of the ingle was a grandfather's chair.
1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 116
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