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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

She ordered him a camp chair from Amazon so he could sit on the Supreme Court steps during the arguments.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 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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