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Chesterfield Lyons Feature Article: Why Buy from Us?
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Chesterfield Lyons: Where Does The Term Chesterfield Come From?
Chesterfield Lyons: Where Does The Term Chesterfield Come From?
This is a question we are often asked; the answer is we're not sure! We havecustomers the world over who have their own ideas; our Canadiancustomers like to think that Chesterfield is a Canadian word although they refer to any sofa as a Chesterfield. We have done a little research andaccording to Robert Hendrickson in the Encyclopedia of word and phrase origins, the term chesterfield is commonly applied to a sofa in honour of Philip Stanhope, the forth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773). However, Hendrickson points out that it is more likely that a latter Earl of Chesterfield invented them, which earl he does not know. At any rate,according to the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), it was used to refer to a couch in 1900.
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Chesterfield Lyons: Where Does The Term Chesterfield Come From?
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This is a question we are often asked; the answer is we're not sure! We have customers the world over who have their own ideas; our Canadian customers like to think that Chesterfield is a Canadian word although they refer to any sofa as a Chesterfield. We have done a little research and according to Robert Hendrickson in the Encyclopedia of word and phrase origins, the term chesterfield is commonly applied to a sofa in honour of Philip Stanhope, the forth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773). However, Hendrickson points out that it is more likely that a latter Earl of Chesterfield invented them, which earl he does not know. At any rate, according to the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), it was used to refer to a couch in 1900.
According to Carver in American Regional Dialects the term appears to have come into use in Canada around 1903 and in Northern California about the same time. The Journal of the Canadian Linguistics Association notes chesterfield seems to be in general use throughout Canada, though the usual American sofa is also known and used . Almost everywhere in the U.S chesterfields are cigarettes and nothing more. Here in England, a davenport couch was sometimes referred to as a chesterfield but this is obsolete.
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