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camp chair

American  

noun

  1. a light folding chair, usually with a canvas seat and back.


Etymology

Origin of camp chair

First recorded in 1880–85

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Clark, who also led atheist camping trips to Death Valley and Anza Borrego, tipped back in a camp chair one morning as he laid out plans for the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2023

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

Yet Fox would remain in his spot, even if she sat barely six feet away in a camp chair, a book in her lap.

From Washington Post Jul. 6, 2021

She sits in a camp chair and stares out until it is cool enough in the RV to sleep.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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