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chaise longue
noun
ˈshāz-ˈlȯŋ 
ˈshez-
plural chaise longues also chaises longues
ˈshāz-ˈlȯŋ(z)
: a long reclining chair
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Before the play begins, the cast bops around together onstage, vaping and chilling on a blow-up chaise longue and sharing a Kool-Aid-like substance from a plastic gallon jug covered in Sharpie graffiti.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
The 380-square-foot space afforded me a living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, a jade velvet chaise longue, a sweet conversation nook with a swivel barrel chair and round wooden side table, and a closet armoire.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2024
The gurney that rolls out of the ambulance makes for an excellent chaise longue.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
The indoor-outdoor pool, the chaise longues, the endless reservoirs of water.
—Devin Friedman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
The 380-square-foot space afforded me a living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, a jade velvet chaise longue, a sweet conversation nook with a swivel barrel chair and round wooden side table, and a closet armoire.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2024
The gurney that rolls out of the ambulance makes for an excellent chaise longue.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
The indoor-outdoor pool, the chaise longues, the endless reservoirs of water.
—Devin Friedman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
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“Chaise longue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaise%20longue. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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chaise longue
noun
: a long chair that one can lie on
Etymology
French, literally, "long chair," from chaise "chair" and longue "long"
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