Murphy bed
nounEtymology From inventor William L. Murphy + bed.
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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.
- We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 104:
- Related terms
- bunk bed, trundle bed