Definition of rocking chair
: a chair mounted on rockers
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Non-golf attractions: spa and pool complex, shopping in quaint nearby towns, available skeet-shooting and fishing and a chance to read in a rocking chair on the famous veranda.
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Adults lounged in rocking chairs sipping hot apple cider spiked with bourbon.
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Turning what some might see as a downside to living in Little Italy into an amenity, residents can sit on rocking chairs on a patch of grass and watch planes fly overhead and land at San Diego International Airport.
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The elderly man with jowls and a bald spot sits in a rocking chair and recalls his youth.
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Rather than having a bow play a cello, the cello — strapped to a rocking chair, swaying back and forth — plays the bow.
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From the grand dining room (formerly the mess hall) complete with a cozy fireplace and board games, to the porch’s rocking chairs and garden courtyard, the Lodge aims to provide old San Francisco hospitality to modern travelers.
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With the clergy gathered around him, Kennedy sat in a rocking chair and urged them to further racial process in Birmingham and bring the moral strength of religion to bear on the issue.
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In one corner of the future events space sits a rocking chair that, Soltis says, belonged to Capone's brother, Ralph.
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First Known Use of rocking chair
1766
ROCKING CHAIR Defined for English Language Learners
rocking chair
Definition of rocking chair for English Language Learners
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: a chair that moves back and forth on rockers that are attached to its legs
ROCKING CHAIR Defined for Kids
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Definition of rocking chair for Students
: a chair mounted on rockers
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