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a throne where tiny dictators fling tribute to the floor and demand applause
means a tall chair with a built-in tray and safety strap, designed to seat a baby or toddler at table height for feeding.
from A plain compound of "high" plus "chair," describing exactly what it is — a chair set high. "High" traces back to Old English "hēah," and "chair" came into English from Old French "chaiere," itself from Latin "cathedra," a seat (the same root that gives us "cathedral," the seat of a bishop). So a baby flinging peas from on high is, etymologically, presiding from a tiny throne.
- origin
- Evolved from 18th-century chairs raised to table height
- physics lab
- Toddlers test gravity by dropping food repeatedly
- convertible
- Many transform into toddler seats and play tables
- safety law
- Modern models require harnesses after tipping accidents
- messy truth
- Designed with trays to contain inevitable chaos
tripp trapp chair — norwegian design by peter opsvik (1972) used as highchair and grows with child
graco duodiner dlx — best-selling convertible highchair in north america since 2010s