bar chair

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English

Wooden bar chairs.

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Noun

bar chair (plural bar chairs)

  1. A tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.
    Synonym: bar stool
    • 2004, Kathy Love, Wanting What You Get, New York: Zebra Books, published by Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, (eBook):
      Past the bar was a little area in an alcove that contained a few tall, round tables and bar chairs.
    • 2005, Buff Brazy Given, Simon’s Story: A Novel, : Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 161:
      He ordered a Corona, stretched and groaned as he lowered himself into a too small bar chair.
    • 2005, R. J. Grubb, Mordray’s Whale, New York/Lincoln/Shanghai: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 130:
      Bar chairs were heavy with high backs that prevented many a drunk’s reverse gainer.
    • 2013, John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote, New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, (eBook):
      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, Richard Rose, The Lazarus Conspiracies, Honolulu, HI, USA: Savant Books, →ISBN, page 154:
      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.

Descendants

  • Japanese: バーチェアー (bācheā) / Japanese: ばーちぇあー (bācheā)

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