seek one's virtuous couch

verb

To go to bed: to lie down to sleep.

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Meanings

verbseek one's virtuous couch (third-person singular simple present seeks one's virtuous couch, present participle seeking one's virtuous couch, simple past and past participle sought one's virtuous couch)

present singular third person seeks one's virtuous couch · participle present seeking one's virtuous couch · participle past sought one's virtuous couch · past sought one's virtuous couch

  1. To go to bed: to lie down to sleep.

    "If he does not love her," I murmured to myself, as I sought my virtuous couch, "she must love him[…]."

    c. 1891, Fergus Hume, chapter 13, in When I Lived in Bohemia
    1 more example

    After a while Dorla went out. She said she had to go home and let Ted know she was seeking her virtuous couch.

    1956, Erle Stanley Gardner, chapter 14, in The Case of the Lucky Loser

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
go to bedhit the sheetsturn in
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