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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of sofa.

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Examples

  • Additionally, though the author meticulously apes Austen's writing style--right down to her peculiar spellings, like "scissars" and "sopha"--I felt the book lacked the sparkling amusement of Austen's prose--not to mention its brevity.

    Tomes that gather dust. bradamant 2005

  • He sprung from the sopha, advanced to Johnson, and in a kind of flutter, from imagining himself in the situation which he had just been hearing described, exclaimed, ‘Well, you acquitted yourself in this conversation better than I should have done; for I should have bowed and stammered through the whole of it.’

    The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

  • Overwhelmed with bitter reflections, she threw herself upon the sopha in the first distraction of despair.

    A Sicilian Romance 2004

  • The heart of Julia sunk at the sound, and she threw herself on a sopha, overwhelmed with bitter sensations.

    A Sicilian Romance 2004

  • My uncle Toby returned into the parlour, and sat himself down again upon the sopha. —

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • And if thou art permitted to sit upon the same sopha with her, and she gives thee occasion to lay thy hand upon hers — beware of taking it — thou canst not lay thy hand on hers, but she will feel the temper of thine.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • My uncle Toby returned into the parlour, and sat himself down again upon the sopha. —

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • And if thou art permitted to sit upon the same sopha with her, and she gives thee occasion to lay thy hand upon hers — beware of taking it — thou canst not lay thy hand on hers, but she will feel the temper of thine.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • He came in gaily, singing the Tyrolese song of liberty; noticed me with a gracious nod, and threw himself on a sopha opposite the copy of a bust of the

    The Last Man 2003

  • I am now out of bed from 9 in the morning to 10 at night: upon the sopha, 'tis true, but I eat my meals with aunt Cass in a rational way, and can employ myself, and walk from one room to another.

    Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

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