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couching a hogshead

couching a hogshead is the present participle and gerund 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 couching a hogshead

What is couching a hogshead the present participle and gerund of?
Couching a hogshead is the present participle and gerund of couch a hogshead.

Words near couching a hogshead in the dictionary

  1. couchfuls
  2. couchgrass
  3. couchgrasses
  4. Couchin China
  5. couching
  6. couching a hogshead
  7. couching down
  8. couching fabric
  9. couching stitch
  10. couching stitches
  11. couching up

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