bar chair en · NOUN
Meanings
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A tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.
Past the bar was a little area in an alcove that contained a few tall, round tables and bar chairs.
2004, Kathy Love, Wanting What You Get, New York: Zebra Books, published by Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, (eBook):Bar chairs were heavy with high backs that prevented many a drunk’s reverse gainer.
2005, R. J. Grubb, Mordray’s Whale, New York/Lincoln/Shanghai: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 130:Roy pulled his bulk off the bar chair. Joe held it for Megan, who had to step onto the bar rail to lift herself onto the chair.
2013, Richard Rose, The Lazarus Conspiracies, Honolulu, HI, USA: Savant Books, →ISBN, page 154:He ordered a Corona, stretched and groaned as he lowered himself into a too small bar chair.
2005, Buff Brazy Given, Simon’s Story: A Novel, [sine loco]: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 161:The door was guarded by a retired cop named Frankie the Golfer, who sat by the door in an upholstered bar chair that he leaned back against the wall.
2013, John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote, New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, (eBook):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| barchair | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bar chairs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
ja バーチェアー (tall chair-like seat) · de Barstuhl (tall chair-like seat) · pl stołek barowy (tall chair-like seat)