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chairoplane|ˈtʃɛərəpleɪn| Also char-a-plane, chairplane. [f. chair n.1, after aeroplane, airplane.] A roundabout with seats suspended by chains, the riders being swung round in a wide circle by the revolution of the machinery.
1922Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov., ‘Char-a-plane’ victim. 1926Daily Express 6 Aug. 3/2 ‘Chairplane’ Tragedy. 1927Bulletin 5 Dec. 7/2 A chairoplane erected on a fairground. a1953Dylan Thomas Quite early one Morning (1954) 29 He whirled in his chairoplane giddily above the upturned laughing faces of the town girls. |