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jump seat

noun

Definition of jump seat

1 : a folding seat between the front and rear seats of a passenger automobile
2 : a movable carriage seat

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Sport hunters there can legally rent a helicopter jump seat and shoot fleeing hogs with AR-15-style rifles. — Alex Horton, Twin Cities, "Alex Horton: Think 30-50 feral hogs is a joke? Millions are rampaging across the country.," 8 Aug. 2019 Sport hunters there can legally rent a helicopter jump seat and shoot fleeing hogs with AR-15-style rifles. — Alex Horton, Twin Cities, "Alex Horton: Think 30-50 feral hogs is a joke? Millions are rampaging across the country.," 8 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of jump seat

circa 1864, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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