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coucher

[ koo-cher, kou- ]

/ ˈku tʃər, ˈkaʊ- /

noun Papermaking.

the worker who transfers sheets of wet pulp to the couch.

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Origin of coucher

First recorded in 1745–55; couch + -er¹

Words nearby coucher

cotype, coucal, couch, couchant, couché, coucher, couchette, couch grass, couching, couch potato, couch roll

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Example sentences from the Web for coucher

Enfin, il me quitta, j'allai me coucher et dormis tout d'un somme.
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction|John Davenport
This became the subject of conversation one evening at the coucher of Louis XV.
Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete|Madame Campan
He is on duty but three days of every week, save at the lever and coucher, and may go whither he list on the other four.
It Might Have Been|Emily Sarah Holt
A decayed silk curtain of a dingy blue, drawn across a recess, separated the chambre a coucher from the salon.
Pelham, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The coucher takes immediate possession of the felts for his further operations.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

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