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couched a hogshead

couched a hogshead is the simple past and past participle of couch a hogshead.

Meaning of couch a hogshead

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)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) 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
    Synonyms:
    go to bed

Questions about couched a hogshead

What is couched a hogshead the simple past and past participle of?
Couched a hogshead is the simple past and past participle of couch a hogshead.

Words near couched a hogshead in the dictionary

  1. couchant
  2. couchant and levant
  3. couchbound
  4. couche-couche
  5. couched
  6. couched a hogshead
  7. couched down
  8. couched up
  9. couchedness
  10. couchee
  11. couchees

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