Adirondack chair

Adirondack chair
noun Etymology: Adirondack Mountains, N.Y. Date: 1945 a wooden lawn chair with a high slatted back, broad arms, and a seat that is lower in the back than the front

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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