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, p 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.
- 1947, W.O. Mitchell, Who has seen the wind, Macmillan, p 261:
Synonyms
- bed chesterfield
- davenport
- daybed
- sofa sleeper, sofa-sleeper
- sofa bed, sofa-bed, sofabed, sofa-bedstead