What does davenport mean?
Davenport means A large sofa, especially a formal one..
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/ˈdævənpɔːt/ · noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one..
Holonym: furniture
He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.
Beezus felt a little better. She curled up on the davenport again with 202 Things to Do on a Rainy Afternoon and read about making Christmas tree ornaments out of cellophane straws, until she heard her aunt's car turn into the driveway.
Then she went into the house, and, sitting down at the davenport in the dining-room, got out a sheet of her best notepaper, and wrote a note to Pamela Dysart in her strong, commercially clear hand.
He crosses to the davenport to get the policies from his briefcase,
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Davenport means A large sofa, especially a formal one..
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Holonym: furniture
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