Definitions

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  • noun The rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back.

Etymologies

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chair +‎ back

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Examples

  • In the first two ticket cycles at Rentschler Field, all "chairback" seats were sold at one price with one standard annual seat donation regardless of their location.

    Uconn - Nerac Huskies Feed 2009

  • I had a gig-bag hanging on the chairback, unzipped, wide-mouthed staring at the too-drunk-to-fuck geezer burping up acid from a liver gone sour-milk and he had the guts to smile at me.

    Sax Named Pegasus Paula Ray 2010

  • A professional nod, but his hand clenched on the top of the chairback beside him, his skin having the warm golden-brown tone of someone whose ancestry appeared to be a mix of Asian and Caucasian.

    Excerpt - Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh 2009

  • A professional nod, but his hand clenched on the top of the chairback beside him, his skin having the warm golden-brown tone of someone whose ancestry appeared to be a mix of Asian and Caucasian.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Nalini Singh 2009

  • The outer portions of these pieces are made from different, much stronger woods, and seat and chairback are joined to the base with a form of bindweed; the interior portion is composed of yet another kind of wood, usually coral or San Miguel, to secure the base.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The outer portions of these pieces are made from different, much stronger woods, and seat and chairback are joined to the base with a form of bindweed; the interior portion is composed of yet another kind of wood, usually coral or San Miguel, to secure the base.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • Mammalian assistance: Cat doing the vulture pose on my chairback.

    john, i've been bad and they're coming after me. scalzi 2008

  • He was a large man, broad and tall, his shoulders spilling over the sides of the wide chairback.

    Pure Sin Kate Brian 2010

  • The outer portions of these pieces are made from different, much stronger woods, and seat and chairback are joined to the base with a form of bindweed; the interior portion is composed of yet another kind of wood, usually coral or San Miguel, to secure the base.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • Nancy draped her coat obediently over a chairback and tugged ruefully at the skimpy sleeves of the striped turtleneck she wore beneath a denim jumper.

    Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009

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