folding chair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of folding chair
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Among the crowd was an 85-year-old man in a folding chair, hoping to see his first eclipse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ana Fajardo sat in a green folding chair by the grave of her son Edgar E. Lopez, a Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in enemy action in Iraq’s Babil province in 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
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
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
Wickersham didn’t take the folding chair I set up next to mine.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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