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Morris chair

Morris chair noun: a kind of chair with a reclining back and moderately high armrests.

Noun

Morris chair (plural Morris chairs)

  1. A kind of chair with a reclining back and moderately high armrests.
    • The Wanderlust has lured me to the seven lonely seas, / Has dumped me on the tailing-piles of dearth; / The Wanderlust has haled me from the morris chairs of ease, / Has hurled me to the ends of all the earth.1912, Robert W[illiam] Service, “The Wanderlust”, in Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 123

Forms of Morris chair

pluralMorris chairs

Origin of Morris chair

The design was adapted by William Morris's firm, Morris & Company.

Questions about Morris chair

What does Morris chair mean?
Morris chair means a kind of chair with a reclining back and moderately high armrests.
What part of speech is Morris chair?
Morris chair is a noun.
What is the plural of Morris chair?
The plural of Morris chair is Morris chairs.

Words near Morris chair in the dictionary

  1. Morrin
  2. Morrinsville
  3. morrion
  4. morrions
  5. morris
  6. Morris chair
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  8. Morris column
  9. Morris columns
  10. Morris County
  11. morris dance

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