Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old English or Colonial piece of furniture which was used as a table or chair, the top turning back to a vertical position on a hinge. Also
chair-table .
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Examples
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Mr. Hind-Smith can seat eight people at the teak table-chair set he keeps outside -- but he has hosted up to 80.
Beyond Hot Dogs: 2008
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Like the yurt-dome, it was sparsely furnished, with nothing but a hospital-style bed and another table-chair combo, all made of the same featureless white substance.
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