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Murphy bed definition

☆ Mur·phy bed (mʉr′fē)

a bed that swings up or folds into a closet or cabinet when not in use

Etymology: after W. L. Murphy, its U.S. inventor (c. 1900)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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