Murphy bed

English

Etymology

From inventor William L. Murphy + bed.

Noun

Murphy bed (plural Murphy beds)

  1. (Canada, US) A light type of bed designed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use. [from 20th c.]
    • 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 104:
      We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.

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References
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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