† whimsicadj.
Obsolete. rare.
whimsic chair n. = whimsy n. 5.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round
carousel1673
whimsic chair?c1684
whimsy1684
merry-go-round1729
roundabout1763
turnabout1789
whirligig1816
spin-'em-round1851
go-round1857
whirly-go-round1865
merry-go-around1873
giddy-go-round1879
go-around1888
razzle-dazzle1890
joy-wheel1911
chairoplane1922
whip1925
Noah's Ark1945
waltzer1961
swirl1962
?c1684 in E. F. Rimbault Old Ballads Great Frost 1683–4 (1844) 29 Dutch whirling, whimsic chair, Turning more swift than unrestrained air.
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