davenport

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Lucille released her housemate and leaned back on the davenport, the better to laugh.

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  1. noun A large sofa, often convertible into a bed.
  2. noun A small desk.

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  • They were locked in each other's arms in a corner of the davenport, lips on lips. —  SUMMER 1952
  • His eyes came around to the whiskey bottle on the table in front of the davenport, in front of Joe Pettigrew. —  SUMMER 1952
  • It was time that he solved this murder 3 What Might Have Happened Oliver Powers sat on the davenport, engulfing nearly half of the large piece of furniture. —  EQMM,December2006
  • He often lay down, without even a pillow, on a narrow davenport which was the background for his customary tiger-skin seat. —  Autobiography of a Yogi
  • The master braced himself against a worn davenport, sitting on a covered mattress on the cement floor. —  Autobiography of a Yogi
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  1. From obsolete davenport, a small writing desk, probably from the name of the manufacturer.

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  1. Also devonport; from the surname Davenport: compare Devonport, since 1824 the name of a town in England.
 

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/ˈdævnpoʊrt/
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