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Definition of Divan bed
1. Noun. An armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divan Bed
Literary usage of Divan bed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1909)
"The divan bed, partly draped with red hangings, stood against the shorter wall,
the head to the window. Here sat the body, bent very much forward and with ..."
2. History of American Red Cross Nursing by Lavinia L. Dock (1922)
"... put to bed so of the three prospective cases one was in a crib and the other
two- crossways on a divan-bed, making the living room resemble a hospital. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"It was one o'clock in the morning before I sought my divan bed, after one of the
most novel and interesting 'day's experiences I ever remember to have ..."
4. Episodes in a Life of Adventure: Or, Moss from a Rolling Stone by Laurence Oliphant (1896)
"... my divan bed, after one of the most novel and interesting day's experiences
I ever remember to have passed. Nothing but downright fatigue would have ..."
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