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Feb 14, 2012
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dav•en•port



Pronunciation: (dav'un-pôrt", -pōrt"), [key]
—n.
1. a large sofa, often one convertible into a bed.
2. Chiefly Brit.a small writing desk.

Dav•en•port



Pronunciation: (dav'un-pôrt", -pōrt"), [key]
—n.
1. John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
2. a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi River. 103,264.

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