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noun
any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
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How to use sling chair in a sentence

  • It's a desperate night for a woman to be out in, but they took an Ambulance sling-chair with them.

    The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • In the wreckage of the control cabin Ruthven pawed at the fastenings of his sling-chair.

    The Defiant Agents|Andre Alice Norton
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