Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old English statutes, a factor; one who resides in a country for traffic.
- noun A couch-maker or -coverer.
- noun An incubus.
- noun A setter dog.
- noun In paper-making, one who couches the sheets of pulp, or transfers them from the apron to the felt.
- noun One who couches cataracts.
- noun Eccles.: A book of collects or short prayers.
- noun A book or register in which the particular acts of a corporation or a religious house were set down.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who couches.
- noun (Paper Manuf.) One who couches paper.
- noun obsolete, obsolete A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
- noun obsolete The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
couches . - noun One who
couches paper . - noun UK, law, obsolete A
factor oragent resident in acountry fortraffic . - noun The
book in which acorporation or otherbody registers its particular acts.
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Examples
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She talked of this little occurrence all the time of her 'coucher'; though she only complained that one of Monsieur's guards should have had the effrontery to speak to her.
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She talked of this little occurrence all the time of her 'coucher'; though she only complained that one of Monsieur's guards should have had the effrontery to speak to her.
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She talked of this little occurrence all the time of her 'coucher'; though she only complained that one of Monsieur's guards should have had the effrontery to speak to her.
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Par contre si vous l'appelez, il va se coucher a coté de vous pour avoir des calins.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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Enfin, qu'il foute le bordel quand je dors ne me derange pas, au bout d'un moment je me leve et pis tant pis mais ce qui m'enerve c qu'a peine debout POUF je vois MONSIEUR JASPER se coucher comme un gros lardon de tout son long ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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I do not want to impose all the ideas I can up with i thgink sucha schoo, would be great for inner cities but the important idea is the coucher system allowing freedom to choose.
Turn Over Your Papers Newmania 2007
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This is one of my favorites, sometimes known as “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?”
Living With Music: A Playlist by Kim Echlin - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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La fatigue pesait et j'ai attendu encore un peu et je suis allé me coucher en me disant qu'il n'y avait plus rien a faire de toute facon.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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This is one of my favorites, sometimes known as “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?”
Living With Music: A Playlist by Kim Echlin - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Sur ce j'suis rentré a 12h30, j'suis allé me coucher directement parce que j'voyais tout trouble et j'avais les jambes qui tremblaient.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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