hide-a-bed
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a trademark, presumably from hide a bed or hideaway bed.
Noun
[edit]hide-a-bed (plural hide-a-beds)
- A sofa-bed.
- 1964, The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year 1964-1965, University of Michigan:
- In addition forty-eight hide-a-beds were replaced in the Northwood III project and ninety-five hide-a-beds were reconditioned. Twelve refrigerators were replaced in Northwood II apartments.
- 2004, Alfred D. Byrd, Through the Gate of Horn:
- Looking around the room, Timothy saw that its far wall contained two more hide-a-beds, both of them unmade.