Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large sofa, often convertible into a bed.
- n. A small desk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of small writing-desk.
Wiktionary
- n. A large sofa, especially a formal one.
- n. A writing desk.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small decorative writing desk
- n. a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
- n. a large sofa usually convertible into a bed
Etymologies
- Sofa sense was named for the now defunct furniture manufacturer A.H. Davenport Company. (Wiktionary)
- From obsolete davenport, a small writing desk, probably from the name of the manufacturer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The only person in the world I've ever heard use the word davenport is my mother!”
“I have had dear René's harp removed to a lumber room, her portrait taken down from the library wall," she said, in her usual purring tones; "and her davenport is being wheeled into my own sitting-room.”
“Marjorie almost ran back to the davenport -- she was beginning to feel as if the davenport was the nearest she had to a mother -- and flung herself on it in a storm of angry tears.”
“My grandmother always called it a "davenport", which made even less sense to me.”
“As for "davenport," it's a regionalism, and a dying one at that.”
“They sat close to one another on a rose davenport.”
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“Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘davenport’.
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phrontistery - d
from phrontistery.info
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curmudgy's list
davenport, conquistador, moonblind, unfurl, tortilla, flotsam and jetsum, flash harry, coquet, endomorphism, effluvient, fivers, bawl and 5 more...
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Any port
support, deport, export, import, report, disport, rapport, teleport, transport, besport, watersport, spoilsport and 15 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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Words I like
wanderlust, macabre, schkeeva, davenport, regal, antidisestablishm..., gerund, scrutinize, xerxes, vignette
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Just 'cause I like 'em, D
dodecahedron, din, diglyceride, dysphotopsia, decoction, deboss, diatonic, dithyramb, divagate, discalced, dishdasha, daft and 281 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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thinkcharlene's Big Screen
pulchritudinous, chanteuse, comprador, connubial, coolie, ingenue, kismet, pulchritude, reveille, shamus, superfluous, teetotaller and 12 more...
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Household Items&Knickknacks
andiron, bauble, bolster, tureen, salver, ladle, pallet, escritoire, gewgaw, davenport, boat, paraphernalia and 9 more...
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Kerrily's Vomitrocious Words
honky tonk, ding-a-ling, awkward, chiffon, dowdy, dawdle, spleen, uvula, lettuce, kielbasa, frankfurter, hamburg and 16 more...
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furniture
chair, sofa, couch, table, desk, bureau, dresser, changing table, davenport, chesterfield, slipcover, rocking chair and 3 more...
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Furniture I Never Had
This list was originally titled 'Furniture I Never Had'. I changed it to 'Things I Never Had' because I'm not much interested in furniture anyway :-( There's a whole wider world of not-having out t...
davenport, ottoman, tallboy, rolltop desk, chesterfield, waterbed, chaise longue, bowfat, love seat, electric chair, throne, cathedra and 26 more...
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npydyuan's Words
lambent, plangent, quisling, puerile, callow, cigarette, aviary, tangential, esoterica, interrobang, paranaue, obsolescence and 105 more...
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appointments
armoire, secretaire, commode, bureau, dresser, curtains, carpet, rug, table, chair, mirror, bench and 75 more...
Tweets
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747captain When I hear Davenport, it reminds me of:
-A sofa in Grandma's living room
-The city in Iowa
-Dawn Davenport from John Waters 'Female Trouble' Sep 25, 2008
thinkcharlene As heard in . . .
The Big Store Dec 5, 2007
reesetee What a lovely memory. :-) Sep 17, 2007
npydyuan This reminds me of my grandpa, with his big beautiful hands that could drive a nail with one stroke of the hammer.
And the davenport always had an afghan draped over the back. Sep 17, 2007