couch a hogshead
couch a hogshead verb: to lie down to sleep.
Verb
couch a hogshead (third-person singular simple present couches a hogshead, present participle couching a hogshead, simple past and past participle couched a hogshead)
- To lie down to sleep.
- I couched a hogshead in a Skypper this darkemans.1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, T. Bensley, published 1814, page 66
- Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129
- Synonyms:
- go to bed
Synonyms of couch a hogshead
Forms of couch a hogshead
| third-person singular present | couches a hogshead |
|---|---|
| present participle | couching a hogshead |
| past participle | couched a hogshead |
| past | couched a hogshead |
Questions about couch a hogshead
- What does couch a hogshead mean?
- Couch a hogshead means to lie down to sleep.
- What part of speech is couch a hogshead?
- Couch a hogshead is a verb.
- What is the past tense of couch a hogshead?
- The past tense of couch a hogshead is couched a hogshead.
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