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virtuous couch

virtuous couch noun: one's bed, viewed as a place for sleeping, as opposed to a place for illicit sex.

Noun

virtuous couch (plural virtuous couches)

  1. One's bed, viewed as a place for sleeping, as opposed to a place for illicit sex.
    • It was on the sunny side of the island and the reflection from the surface of these fish was a sight seldom seen. Their rich deep-toned olive green bodies, marked with a dark rich umber brown, and their golden white bellies, as they rolled and contorted on "their virtuous couch," was a treat in...1882, George Finley, The German Or European Carp, page 103
    • […] at nine precisely Lady Janet rose from her couch and declared her intention of seeking her maid forthwith and the virtuous couch that was to follow on that damsel's administrations.1885, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford., A Passive Crime and Other Stories, page 238

Examples of virtuous couch in a sentence

  • Sughrue, the night watchman, , happened around about this stage of the game and took charge of the gun, when the party broke up and each retired to his virtuous couch.2003, Nyle H. Miller, Joseph W. Snell, Why the West was Wild, page 594:
  • When you're in your virtuous couch you're not slung out of it.2015, A. Bertram Chandler, Alternate Orbits:

Forms of virtuous couch

pluralvirtuous couches

Words formed from virtuous couch

Questions about virtuous couch

What does virtuous couch mean?
Virtuous couch means one's bed, viewed as a place for sleeping, as opposed to a place for illicit sex.
How do you use virtuous couch in a sentence?
Sughrue, the night watchman, , happened around about this stage of the game and took charge of the gun, when the party broke up and each retired to his virtuous couch.
What part of speech is virtuous couch?
Virtuous couch is a noun.
What is the plural of virtuous couch?
The plural of virtuous couch is virtuous couches.

Words near virtuous couch in the dictionary

  1. virtuosoship
  2. virtuosoships
  3. virtuous
  4. virtuous circle
  5. virtuous circles
  6. virtuous couch
  7. virtuous couches
  8. virtuous cycle
  9. virtuous cycles
  10. virtuous spiral
  11. virtuous spirals

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