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
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
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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