Winnipeg couch

English

Etymology

1945, Winnipeg + couch.

Noun

Winnipeg couch (plural Winnipeg couches)

(Canada) A simple couch, having no back or arms, that can be converted into a double bed.
- 1947, W.O. Mitchell, Who has seen the wind, Macmillan, page 261:
  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.

Synonyms

bed chesterfield
davenport
daybed
sofa sleeper, sofa-sleeper
sofa bed, sofa-bed, sofabed, sofa-bedstead

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