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Deck chair

noun

A folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas. Synonym: beach chair.

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"Deck chair" Quotes from Famous Books

... him a smile of recognition and paused a moment to speak to him. Salter saw her sweep the deck with her glance and then designate a sequestered corner, such as the experienced voyager would recognise as being desirably sheltered. She was evidently giving an order concerning the placing of her deck chair, which was presently brought. An elegantly neat and decorous person in black, who was evidently her maid, appeared later, followed by a steward who carried cushions and sumptuous fur rugs. These being arranged, a delightful corner ...

— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett

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... Indian Ocean wore its sweetest smile for us. We sat on deck after dinner. A lady with a husband came up from the cabin while we sat and gazed at the placid sea. I was smoking a quiet digestive cigar. Hilda was seated in her deck chair next to me. ...

— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen

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... In the deck chair next to mine sat a dark, powerfully built young Iowan with the intensely masculine head of a mediaeval soldier. There was a bit of curl to the dark-brown hair which swept his broad, low forehead, his brown eyes were devoid of fear or imagination, his jaw was set, and the big, aggressive ...

— A Volunteer Poilu • Henry Sheahan

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Words linked to "Deck chair" : beach chair, folding chair