Winnipeg couch
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Winnipeg + couch. First use appears c. 1945-1947.
Noun
[edit]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.