folding chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of folding chair
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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I was at the top of the heap in the movie business and still felt that I was watching from a folding chair in Wassenaar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
A folding chair and a paper plate for a steering wheel.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
Once it was over and most had left the school’s low-slung football stadium, Berkeley’s chancellor, Carol Christ, sat near the podium in a folding chair.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024
On a December afternoon, one of those guards wearing a neon vest sat in a folding chair outside a gated storage yard leased to Nowait that was stacked with wooden pallets.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024
When he got too tired to walk, he sat in a folding chair and played songs on his guitar and sang.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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