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slipper chair

slipper chair noun: an upholstered chair with a low seat and a high back.

Noun

slipper chair (plural slipper chairs)

  1. (US) An upholstered chair with a low seat and a high back.
    • She moved over to a slipper chair and put her head back against a white cushion that lay along the back of the chair against the wall.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, pages 241–2
    • I was intellect itself, weighing the possibility of blocking the door with the dresser and bed, surveying the room for weapons – the elegant old hat-rack, the slipper-chairs.1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book, Abacus, published 1982, page 48

Forms of slipper chair

pluralslipper chairs

Questions about slipper chair

What does slipper chair mean?
Slipper chair means an upholstered chair with a low seat and a high back.
What part of speech is slipper chair?
Slipper chair is a noun.
What is the plural of slipper chair?
The plural of slipper chair is slipper chairs.

Words near slipper chair in the dictionary

  1. slipped under the radar
  2. slipped up
  3. slipper
  4. slipper animalcule
  5. slipper animalcules
  6. slipper chair
  7. slipper chairs
  8. slipper flower
  9. slipper gourd
  10. slipper lobster
  11. slipper lobsters

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