French bed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of French bed
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The set was furnished with objects from Hogg’s youth, including an ornate antique French bed that she and her lover had bought, for a hundred pounds, at auction in 1982.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
If Sancho blessed the man who invented sleep after a nap on Spanish earth, what would he have thought of it after one enjoyed on a French bed!
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
She is reposing on a couch, closely resembling a modern French bed.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
The room was built around a wonderful old French bed which came from Brittany.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
A French bed, a piece of carpet about three yards square, a small table, two chairs, a toilet table—no wardrobe—no chest of drawers.
From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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