Look up: Davenport

1. davenport
   [n] - a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island 2. [n] - a small decorative writing desk 3. [n] - a large sofa usually convertible into a bed
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2. davenport
   a large upholstered sofa often convertible into a bed.....davenport bed: an American term for a couch which may be extended to form a bed...GLOFU 65 225.. Category: Domestic economy
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3. davenport
   A small desk, usually with a sloping writing surface and four drawers set sideways into the case beneath. The first record of the design is of a desk made for a Captain Davenport, probably for use at sea, in the late 18thC. There are many variations of the basic style.
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4. Davenport
   Porcelain and earthenware factory founded by John Davenport at Longport, Staffordshire, in 1794. bone china was introduced c. 1800, and the tea services which often closely imitated derby in decoration. Ornamental articles, however, were more individual to Davenport, featuring both monochrome and multicoloured landscapes and skilfully painted flowe …
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5. Davenport
   Dav'en·port noun [ From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict. ] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. « A much battered davenport in one of the...
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6. davenport
   noun a large sofa usually convertible into a bed
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7. Davenport
   noun a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
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8. Davenport
   • (n.) A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
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9. Davenport
   city, seat (1838) of Scott county, eastern Iowa, U.S. It lies on the north bank of the Mississippi River and is the largest of the Quad Cities, an ...
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10. davenport
    in modern usage, a large upholstered settee, but in the 18th century a compact desk having deep drawers on the right side and dummy drawer fronts on ...
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11. Davenport
    Davenport, city (1990 pop. 95,333), seat of Scott co., E central Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1836. Bridges connect it with the Illinois cities of Rock Island and Moline; the three communities and neighboring Bettendorf, Iowa, are known as the Quad Cities. Davenport is a rail, commercial, an...
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12. Davenport
    A davenport is a kind of small writing-desk with drawers each side. They are so named after their maker, a Mr Davenport.
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13. Davenport
    `Davenport` could refer to: Places: ;In Australia ;In Canada ;In South Africa ;In the United Kingdom ;In the United States People: :See Davenport (surname) Furniture: Other uses: See also:
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14. Davenport
    (electoral district) :For the provincial electoral district, see Davenport (provincial electoral district). `Davenport` is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. Its population in 2001 was 111,705. Geograp...
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15. Davenport
    (sofa) The Davenport Sofa was invented in Malden Massachusetts by the Davenport Family. Then original factory was in Cambridge Massachusetts. Then family left a large estate in Malden which is a private housing for the elderly. The name is now generic and and there were and are many manufactu...
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16. Davenport
    (band) `Davenport` (or `The Davenport Family`) was a musical collective from Madison, Wisconsin. The project was initiated by Clay Ruby in 2002. Their musical style, difficult to categorize, owes more to freeform jazz, psychedelic rock, and experimental avant-garde music than to traditional f...
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17. Davenport
    (provincial electoral district) `Davenport` is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1999 from parts of Oakwood, Dovercourt, Parkdale, High Park—Swansea and a small part of York South....
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