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
The Robles’ 76-year-old grandson Louis Jr. is keeping track of today’s Christmas tree delivery from a folding chair, wearing horn-rim glasses, slacks and a white, open-neck dress shirt.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
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
He can always be found at Pimlico sitting in a folding chair waiting for people to come by and say hello.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024
George wriggled around, and Owen heard the clack-clack-clack of the folding chair collapsing.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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