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Chesterfield

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1900, OED Evaluation: N/A

A stuffed-over couch or sofa with a back and two ends, one of which is sometimes made adjustable.

ExampleMeaning
We was just starting out in there. And so I never said anything. I remember my wife, she was sitting on the chesterfield over by the- and the one boy on each side of her, and she's- when he started talking she was out like this waiting for the explosion.
A couch or sofa
ExampleMeaning
And then broke- broke that big bone. And I can still remember when the doctor came- doctor came to the house and r-- but her on the toboggan and roared up to the house and mom put her on the- the bed- or the- the chesterfield I guess it was and um the doctor came to the house and he said oh yes, he said her leg is broken so um he gave her something to- to help her to sleep and you-know get rid of the pain and-stuff.
A couch or sofa