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Ken Henderson
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Location: Americus, GA
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Even here in Georgia, "davenport" was the generic name for a sofa (which
word I don't remember ever hearing as a kid).
Ken H.
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Emery Stora wrote:
> Davenport was the name of a series of sofas made by the Massachusetts
> furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company, now defunct. Due to the
> popularity of the furniture at the time, the name davenport became a
> genericized trademark.
>
> My mother in Michigan always called any couch she had a “Davenport”.
>
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