... not a davenport, not a settee, but simply a battered old leather couch (Robert Traver).
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dav — ca·dav·er; ca·dav·er·ic; ca·dav·er·ine; ca·dav·er·ous; dav·ach; dav·ai·ne·i·dae; dav·en·port; ca·dav·er·ous·ly; … English syllables
port — bridge·port; coal·port; com·port·a·ble; com·port·ment; dav·en·port; de·port·abil·i·ty; de·port·able; de·port·ee; de·port·ment; ex·port·able; ex·port·er; gos·port; heli·port; new·port; pass·port·less; port; port·crayon; port·ed; port·fo·lio;… … English syllables
davenport — dav·en·port … English syllables
Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System — DAV Location India Information Type Private Motto Asato Maa Sadgamaya Established 1886 President Shri R.N. Mittal … Wikipedia
davenport — dav|en|port [ dævn,pɔrt ] noun count 1. ) AMERICAN a large and comfortable SOFA (=long chair for two or three people), especially one that can be made into a bed 2. ) a small old fashioned desk … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Davenport — Dav•en•port [[t]ˈdæv ənˌpɔrt, ˌpoʊrt[/t]] n. geg a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi River. 97,140 … From formal English to slang
davenport — dav•en•port [[t]ˈdæv ənˌpɔrt, ˌpoʊrt[/t]] n. 1) fur a large sofa, often one convertible into a bed 2) brit. fur Chiefly Brit. a small writing desk • Etymology: 1850–55; (def. 2) allegedly after a Captain Davenport, who first commissioned it … From formal English to slang
davenport-trick — /davˈn pōrt trik, pört / noun An artifice by which a person wound round and tied with ropes can break free ORIGIN: From two impostors who practised it in mid 19c … Useful english dictionary
Davenport — Dav en*port, n. [From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict.] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. [1913 Webster] A much battered davenport in one of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Davenport — [dav′ən pôrt΄] [after Col. G. Davenport (1783 1845), fur trader] city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi: pop. 98,000 … English World dictionary
