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sling chair

American  

noun

  1. 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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You might find appliances, doors, lighting fixtures and cabinetry, but mostly thrifty home furnishings ranging from an oversized Pottery Barn mirror to a Le Corbusier leather sling chair.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

You’re seated comfortably in a sling chair, under an umbrella.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2022

You can never go wrong with a good old-fashioned sling chair, something that New Jersey-based lifestyle blogger Carly A. Riordan knows all too well.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2021

With him was his young wife, Phyllis, and their eight-month-old son, Paul, whom Daniel carried in a sling chair strapped to his shoulders like a pack.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

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