She curled up on the davenport with a cup of tea and two poodles. From LearnThat.org.
The only person in the world I've ever heard use the word davenport is my mother!. From Wordnik.com. [Guest Reviews] Reference
As for "davenport," it's a regionalism, and a dying one at that. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2] Reference
My grandmother always called it a "davenport", which made even less sense to me. From Wordnik.com. [Table for Five] Reference
Henry crossed to the handsome davenport, and found it locked. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Dropping down on the davenport she broke into subdued laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
I am not dishonest, and definitely not lazy!! reply dan davenport. From Wordnik.com. [Redfin To Change the Rules of Real Estate Sales] Reference
Then he dropped heavily on the davenport before the fireplace, with. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
I put the book back in its place, and we returned to the davenport. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
And what a coincidence that we're having a recession! dan davenport. From Wordnik.com. [Obama takes aim at McCain's position on veterans] Reference
Agatha was writing letters at her davenport in the drawing-room, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
She sat on the rose-colored davenport while he put it on her finger. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
Near the door, on a velvet davenport, sat a strikingly attractive young woman. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Carl] Reference
Drawing the book toward him as it lies before him on the davenport, he fills up. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
One night he called his whole family together around the davenport in the study. From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
I was writing a letter at the davenport, and in the glass opposite observed them. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
Trixie and Honey climbed aboard the Swan and Honey stretched out on the davenport. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Trailer Mystery]
There's another small fire near davenport, and that's threatening dozens more homes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2005] Reference
There was a tremble in her voice as she slipped from the davenport and bobbed a curtsy. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference
"Metra laughed and deposited herself bewitchingly among the cushions on the davenport.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917] Reference
They were seated, arms around each other, on a davenport in their own home on Chickladoria. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
Joan lay face down upon a davenport, her face buried in a pillow, her fists tight-clenched. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
April 28th, 2006 at 10: 27 am mox davenport says: why is this a surprise to so many people?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ‘As Many as a Half a Dozen’ Members of Congress May Be Involved in Prostitution Scandal] Reference
Dont expect to get this in, just checking, I've submitted twice now, none show up. dan davenport. From Wordnik.com. [Blitzer: The loser's role] Reference
But, I suppose it would be sexist to not forgive and forget Hillary's misstatements. dan davenport. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton op-ed: 'Why I Continue to Run'] Reference
There is a great fireplace at one end of the hall, with a deep, chintz-covered davenport before it. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
At last he turned around and looked at his wife who was sitting on the davenport as if she were tired. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference
She motioned them to a deep-cushioned davenport and seated herself in a chair under the light from the lamp. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
She snuggled back into the davenport cushions, looking at me as expectantly as a child about to hear a story. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
Following Nora into the living-room he seated himself nervously on the davenport, his eyes fixed on the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
"Not ill in body, my love; hardly comfortable in mind," was his reply, as he sat down upon the davenport close by. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
It is one thing to lounge on an overstuffed davenport and read about the injurious effect on women of long hours of standing. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
Brennan was sitting on the edge of the davenport, his body bent forward, his elbows on his knees, gazing intently at the girl. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
Established temporarily on the living room davenport, Katherine braced up wonderfully under the wise little manager's treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Jr. 's, noisy monologue by seizing that splinter-youth firmly by the scruff of the neck and forcibly hurling him on the davenport. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
Julia nodded, interested; she was poking through the magazine rack at the end of the davenport, and now she pulled out a newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
Ross was in the library, sprawled on the big davenport, and watching the girl and the dog with keen delight in the picture they made. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
"Oh, yes, something has got to be did!" fleered Beef McNaughton, the davenport creaking under the combined tonnage of himself and Butch. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
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