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
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
Singer saw the room just as he had left it—with the large bed for Antonapoulos and the iron cot for himself, the big overstuffed sofa and the camp chair.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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