Adirondack

[ ad-uh-ron-dak ]

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noun

plural Adirondacks, (especially collectively) Adirondack.

a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
the Adirondacks. Adirondack Mountains.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Adirondack¹

Probably earlier than 1865–70, Americanism

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Down by the lawn, some of the newest occupants at the Santa Monica complex, called the Water Garden, reclined in Adirondack chairs with books in hand.

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Another employee grabs the register, and Massry and I sit on the Adirondack chairs outside the store.

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The thought of relaxing at the firepit in an Adirondack chair with an ice-cold glass of rosé made me salivate, the way my dog does when I pull the lid off the treat jar.

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Moore takes readers to an Adirondack summer camp in the mid-’70s.

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Her son, a 33-year-old New York City man, had gone hiking in the Adirondack Mountains that March morning.

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adipsia Adirondack chair

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