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  • noun A sofa that unfolds into a bed.

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Examples

  • Hayley, the Jobmother, lived with them: set up a sofa-bed, took off her choker with a sigh every night, and we sighed with her.

    The Fairy Jobmother; Don't Stop Believing; The Cove 2010

  • And so the new Arundhati Roy was born, the Arundhati Roy described, often with an air of bemusement, as a "writer-activist" (a label she said made her think of a sofa-bed), the Arundhati Roy who hacked off her flowing locks and hacked off India's ruling classes.

    Christina Patterson: Interview with Arundhati Roy: 'We Need a Feral Howl' 2009

  • In Providence, Mommee refused to take my bed from me, instead sleeping on my twin-size sofa-bed in the living room.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • In Providence, Mommee refused to take my bed from me, instead sleeping on my twin-size sofa-bed in the living room.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • In Providence, Mommee refused to take my bed from me, instead sleeping on my twin-size sofa-bed in the living room.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • The office area will have a sofa-bed so I can use it as a guestroom, and the pocket door is now installed making it so that room can have the door closed for privacy.

    Friday Night Photos: House Renovations v. 2.1.4 (Desk, Photo Corner, Tool Cupboard, and Deck!) Kalyn Denny 2009

  • In Providence, Mommee refused to take my bed from me, instead sleeping on my twin-size sofa-bed in the living room.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • The office area will have a sofa-bed so I can use it as a guestroom, and the pocket door is now installed making it so that room can have the door closed for privacy.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Kalyn Denny 2009

  • The Condos are staged with a sofa-bed, half fridge, mini-sinkanda two-burner stove top and real estate agents are stressing community amenities like the roof deck and outdoor tables.

    Cubix Yerba Buena, Tiny 250 Square Feet Condos in San Francisco 2008

  • I called a friend in a nearby suburb and made my way to his house, where I huddled on the sofa-bed deep into the night, with the television turned down low, unable to sleep.

    We run toward disasters 2008

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