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virtuous couches

virtuous couches is the plural of virtuous couch.

Meaning of virtuous couch

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

Questions about virtuous couches

What is virtuous couches the plural of?
Virtuous couches is the plural of virtuous couch.

Words near virtuous couches in the dictionary

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

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