ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BERBICE CHAIR
Named after Berbice, a river and former county in Guyana.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BERBICE CHAIR»
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1
Once Upon A Time In
Berbice
See led Granny to a Berbice chair which was next to the rocking chair in which
sat “Gandhi” and, after feeling about the front of the chair Nanny eased herself
into it. She and the old man greeted each other in what was probably Hindi.
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Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
[Perh to distinguish from BERBICE CHAIR, (SE) rocking chair, lounge chair, etc]
sit ting-up n (Baha) ||SET-I p* (Jmca) The Bain Town Freedom and Justice
Committee. ... announced a memorial sen-ice and 'sitting-up' to be held at the
Meeting ...
Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
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RIBALD TALES OF YESTERDECADE
The two girls would sleep with her in the bedroom leading off from the sitting
room, and Pablo and Sonny could use the sofa and the Berbice chair in the
sitting room. She would bring two sheets to protect them from the mosquitoes. So
all was ...
4
Walk Wit' Me...: All Ova Guyana
A Berbice-chair is another thing my parents never acquired, but we had one
shipped to us in Australia. It was a conversation piece; some of my friends
thought it was a birthing chair because of the unusual design. One of Daddy's
friends wore ...
5
Imagining Our Americas: Toward a Transnational Frame
When the planes finally left and the villagers returned they found her dead on the
Berbice chair at the window. (2072) Cause of death might well be called shock
and awe. Da-duh died in her Berbice chair in a home of her own, an ownership ...
Sandhya Shukla, Heidi Tinsman, 2007
6
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(Singh-Ramjattan 2003) Berbicechair Berbice chair n arc A lounging chair,
sometimes with moveable foot rests. (fr its original use by sugar planters in
Berbice, Guyana) = demerara chair ◊ In reading out the scratched horses it would
be helpful ...
7
The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature
Walton rolled in his Berbice chair: that science of comfort; so called because it
was first 'practised' in the colony province of that name; being 'invented' by an old
soldier of India in the evening of his days, which he had spent in Berbice as a ...
Alison Donnell, Sarah Lawson Welsh, 1996
8
Afro-American Writing: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry
Returning to the house she slept the entire afternoon on the Berbice chair. She
remained like this until we left, languishing away the mornings on the chair at the
window gazing out at the land as if it were already doomed; then, at noon, taking
...
Richard A. Long, Eugenia W. Collier, 2010
9
Reena and Other Stories
Some huge, monolithic shape had imposed itself, it seemed, between her and
the land, obstructing her vision. Returning to the house she slept the entire
afternoon on the Berbice chair. She remained like this until we left, languishing
away the ...
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The Ecclesiastical Chronicles, Volume Two: The Society
This trinity of emotion weighed heavily on the clergyman as he reclined in
contemplation on the Berbice chair in the study. He had extended the arms and
had his legs crossed on them in elevated comfort. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
lay face ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BERBICE CHAIR»
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berbice chair is used in the context of the following news items.
David Grimmond: Still going strong at 104
He then left his bed and refusing the offer of assistance from his grandson, walked to his Berbice chair, where he sat upright throughout the ... «Stabroek News, Jan 13»
The Guyanese Online Blog and Newsletter
They range from life in the Upper Demerara River; his family history; a nostalgic Guyanese Christmas; the unique Berbice Chair; historical ... «Stabroek News, Jan 13»
