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Couchee

Cou"chee\ (k??"sh?; F. k??"sh?"), n. [F. couch?e a sleeping place from coucher. See Couch, v. t. ] A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] --Dryden.

The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. --Bp. Burnet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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