camp chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of camp chair
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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“The people that were killed here were left here,” said Spilsbury, sitting at dusk in a camp chair nestled among the trees.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
I sat on a camp chair with stiff spikes of bunchgrass poking into the canvas.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
Mr. Boyd had moved Mr. Gibson’s folding camp chair.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
And still I’m sitting in a camp chair in Echo Park listening to my mother cough through the door, knowing that we are on our own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
Lee sat in a camp chair near the fire and Longstreet sat and they were alone together.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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