Meanings
plural swivel-chairs
- alternativeAlternative form of swivel chair.
A flat topped desk stood by the window; there was a swivel-chair upholstered in worn, black leather.
2010, W.J. Burley, Wycliffe and the Scapegoat2 more examples
Up in the city, I tried for a while to list the quotations on an interminable amount of stock , then I fell asleep in my swivel-chair.
1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great GatsbyThe gentleman he was facing, and whose name he did not know, swung his swivel-chair to the left so that he, too, could look down over the park.
2012, Margaret Pemberton, Zadruga
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