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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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At the very front of the line, Sharon Anderson waited under a blanket on a camp chair.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2024

“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

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

Mr. Boyd had moved Mr. Gibson’s folding camp chair.

From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

One old woman, in a gauzy sundress, sits in a camp chair next to one young one, in a sundress splashed with sunflowers.

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

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