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Winnipeg couch

noun

Etymology

From Winnipeg + couch. First use appears c. 1945-1947.

  1. derived from collocō — “set in place”
  2. derived from couchier
  3. inherited from couchen
  4. compounded as winnipeg couch — “Winnipeg + couch”

Definitions

  1. A simple couch, having no back or arms, that can be converted into a double bed.

    • He slept between sheets and on a flounced Winnipeg couch that stood in one corner of the twelve-foot square room that served as his cell.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA