folding chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of folding chair
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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So as soon as she pulled away to meet a cosmetology client, he planted a white plastic folding chair in the middle of the empty spot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Kate Hudson is sitting on a folding chair in a crowded storage closet when suddenly the voice of Kate Hudson comes booming through the wall.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
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
The folding chair was rickety, but Owen managed to get his head and his good arm up through the hole.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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