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furniture that lets you commit to lying down without admitting you've given up on sitting
french rootsMeans chair, though it lies down for a living
long chairChaise longue, not chaise lounge, despite everyone
recamier fameNamed for a woman who reclined beautifully in portraits
fainting couchVictorian cousin built for tightly corseted swoons
freud's toolPsychoanalysis happened on one for decades