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[ noun ] chair with a support on each side for arms
Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Eugene offered Harold his car , to use at any time he cared to , and when this offer was not accepted , the armchair creaked . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Here , too , she talked low , quirking her head at one or another of the places , most often at Izaak 's armchair which faced her across the long table . Related terms chair easy_chair fauteuil captain's_chair Morris_chair recliner arm |
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[ adjective ] remote from actual involvement
Examples "armchair warriors in the Pentagon" "an armchair anthropologist" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)First_of_all , no unit likes to have a new CO brought_in from the outside , especially when he 's an armchair trooper . Related terms |
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