Re: USAGE: Pop, smearcase, kolaches
| From: | Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 10, 1999, 4:05 |
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L. Gerholz <milo@...> comunu:
> I suspect that "davenport" is a Dakotas thing. I'm still living in
> Minnesota, and whereas I absorbed the word from my mom, I never actuall=
y
> hear it around me, and I never use it myself. I also have a vague
> recollection of hearing "davenport" as being from a particular furnitur=
e
> manufacturer, but I could have just dreamed that.
dav=B7en=B7port (d=B2v".n-p=F4rt", -p=BDrt") n. 1. A large sofa, often co=
nvertible
into a bed. 2. A small desk. [From davenport, a small writing desk
(obsolete) probably from the name of the manufacturer.]
It's listed in the American Heritage Dictionary (1992) without any region=
al
citation whatsoever. It might be a generational term more than a regiona=
l
term.
In my own life, the word died with my grandmothers. I don't know anyone
living who uses it.
Best regards,
Jeffrey Henning
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