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Couch, sofa, davenport, chesterfield? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Tuesday OP
Cat and dog bed. We sit on the floor. Solly Mack Tuesday #1
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We accept our lowly role to our furry overlords. Solly Mack Wednesday #29
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Couch. greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #2
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So did my formerly-Mennonite grandmother. Xavier Breath Wednesday #37
Ours was always a sofa, but my grandmother called hers a Davenport Walleye Tuesday #3
The antimacassars were intended to keep greasy macassar oil from staining the furniture Wicked Blue Tuesday #7
In the 1950s, it was Brylcream. Walleye Tuesday #8
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Is this about Vance? .... Love seat. Norrrm Tuesday #4
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Setee IcyPeas Tuesday #5
. Scrivener7 Tuesday #10
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I will take the one sdfernando Tuesday #6
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Couch Emile Tuesday #9
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Sofa. Polly Hennessey Tuesday #11
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Sofa. Hubby called it a divan. Dorothy V Tuesday #12
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What are "JD Vance's secret browser tabs"? LudwigPastorius Tuesday #13
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Recliner LogDog75 Wednesday #14
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Couch or sofa. Dulcinea Wednesday #26
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I've always been amused by the term "chesterfield" WestMichRad Wednesday #28
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Cat bed. There's a reason it's called "FURniture." Ocelot II Wednesday #30
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A Chesterfield is what JD lights up Blue Owl Wednesday #31
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I thought Chesterfield is LogDog75 Wednesday #36
Rosewood, mahogany, teak? n/t Harker Wednesday #38
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It's a "Fawlty Towers" line ... Harker Thursday #43
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Sofa JoseBalow Wednesday #39
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Couch. I've honestly never heard the term chesterfield before. 10 Turtle Day Thursday #42

Xavier Breath

(5,441 posts)
37. So did my formerly-Mennonite grandmother.
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 06:24 PM
Wednesday

The tradition ended with her, and my Mom and I went with "couch."

Walleye

(39,201 posts)
3. Ours was always a sofa, but my grandmother called hers a Davenport
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:19 PM
Tuesday

Her footstool was an ottoman. A chest of drawers was a chifferobe. And the white cloths you put on the back of the chair to rest your head were called antimacassars

Wicked Blue

(7,747 posts)
7. The antimacassars were intended to keep greasy macassar oil from staining the furniture
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:20 PM
Tuesday

Men used to goop the oil on their hair in the 1800s and early 1900s.

WestMichRad

(2,183 posts)
28. I've always been amused by the term "chesterfield"
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 01:59 PM
Wednesday

… and wondered from whence it came. How did Chester manage to get an entire field? Apparently named after the Earls of Chester, some English hoidy-toidys of yonder year.

The use of the word chesterfield has apparently decreased steadily to be near zero now. Although Chris Horner, a former pro cyclist with a YouTube channel who comments on pro cycling races, is quite fond of the term.

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(I don’t think he mentions his chesterfield in this particular video… but I find his videos entertaining and informative!)

Blue Owl

(55,747 posts)
31. A Chesterfield is what JD lights up
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 03:44 PM
Wednesday

After he's done his thing on the couch/sofa/davenport.....

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