Winnipeg couch

English

Etymology

1945, Winnipeg couch.

Noun

Winnipeg couch (plural Winnipeg couches)

1. (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