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couches a hogshead

couches a hogshead is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 couches a hogshead

What is couches a hogshead the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Couches a hogshead is the third-person singular simple present indicative of couch a hogshead.

Words near couches a hogshead in the dictionary

  1. couchee
  2. couchees
  3. coucher
  4. couchers
  5. couches
  6. couches a hogshead
  7. couches down
  8. couches up
  9. couchette
  10. couchettes
  11. couchful

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