Talk:davenport

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davenport

I havent done this before, so I'm not sure if I'm actually providing verification, but...I grew up in the midwest near Rockford, Il, and we always used the term "davenport" to refer to the couch and, as I recall, a davenport was a longer, more formal couch.

• Uncapitalized, it is both a type of desk and a large sofa than can be used as a bed.
• Capitalized, it is an English habitational surname from several places in England and Ireland. SemperBlotto 08:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

It is readily verified. I have put in single cites from what I hope are "well-known" works. (I'm not sure about "The Real Charlotte".) Should we not have two entries, one for the surname, always capitalized, another for the furniture, usually not capitalized? DCDuring 11:01, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I have split it into caps and uncaps entries. SemperBlotto 12:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Does the desk sense really have the same etymology as the sofa sense? One of the quotes about the desk sense is by an Irish author (pen name, Somerville). The desk sense is included in the etymology having to do with what I think is a furniture company from the US Midwest. The sofa sense seems US midwest. If they are distinct in derivation it would mean that we would end up with 2 "etymologies" or derivations, both ultimately from the surname (itself with two etymologies). DCDuring 22:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Citations from notable works added; RfV passed. bd2412 T 04:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)