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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised.

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Examples

  • "I want my old place, Little Mother," nestled softly upon the arm of the big morris-chair in which Mrs. Harold sat, and rested her head against

    Peggy Stewart at School

  • It was not an appetizing luncheon that that individual banged down upon the lap-board that was propped across the receding arms of the morris-chair to serve as a table.

    Little Miss By-The-Day Lucille Van Slyke

  • I settle myself comfortably in the morris-chair, the great book open on my knee.

    The World I Live In Helen Keller 1924

  • Then mamma smote the flat arm of her morris-chair, and sprang up, exploding.

    V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

  • She was on her knees by the morris-chair, her arms flung about the strong little figure whose dearest hopes she had spoiled: begging mamma to forgive her for being such a disappointment and failure as a daughter, for seeming so ungrateful and unreasonable, saying that she would do anything, anything to make up for all that had gone amiss.

    V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

  • He found Bradish sprawled in a morris-chair which was lashed to a radiator.

    Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

  • Burleson's room, the big sculptor lying in his morris-chair, sometimes irritable, sometimes morose, but always now wearing the vivid patch of colour on his flat and sunken cheeks.

    The Common Law 1899

  • There was a long, high-ceiled room, with a roll-top desk, which was never used, at one end, and a low morris-chair at the other.

    Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Daniel Frohman 1895

  • From this morris-chair and from his rooms at the Savoy

    Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Daniel Frohman 1895

  • In a thick cushioned morris-chair reclined the motionless form of Uncle John, a chubby little man in a gray suit, whose features were temporarily eclipsed by the newspaper that was spread carefully over them.

    Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad 1887

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