companion chair
n.— «Things went well enough for the first four years that Marija took my mother places by pushing her in something known as a “companion chair.”…Later on, when my mother could no longer walk but still insisted on having her hair done, I drove over to help her out of the chair and up the stairs.» —“An immigrant’s gift” by Douglas Bukowski Chicago Tribune Oct. 28, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The word pobbies refers to a warm mixture of milk, bread, and sugar that British mothers traditionally gave children to fill them up or soothe them when they were unwell. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Have Some Pobbies for...
Susan from Virginia Beach, Virginia, shares the phrase her mother used when the kids refused to eat: It’ll grow hair on your back teeth. This supposed motivator likely blends two older traditions: a German idiom, Haare auf den Zähnen haben...