chair warmer

This is the biggest thing since the apple konked Sir Isaac.... Sure, I'm a blackmailer, and you are a chair warmer and a luncheon speaker.

Kathleen K. Malik, ergonomics coordinator at SAS Institute Inc., a software maker in Cary, N.C., cites requests for a $500 orthopedic seat cushion, a La-Z-Boy recliner, a chair warmer and a ceiling-mounted computer.

Magruder was known to be a chair warmer for John Mitchell, and there were a number of people over whom he did not have control, such as Fred La Rue Mitchell's good friend and eyes and ears on the committee, and Magruder didn't want the General Counsel to be another.