Timeline for Why do Americans call single beds ‘twin beds’?
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Sep 3, 2023 at 6:57 | comment | added | Jim Grisham | This also helps explain the origin of the 'double' / full size, which presumably was twice the width of a 1950s-era 'single' bed. | |
Aug 10, 2017 at 4:30 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | This description makes the most sense. It's the first time I have ever heard of a "twin bed" in the singular, I have always heard of "twin beds" which are two identical single beds, often laid side by side, sharing the same floor. | |
Aug 10, 2017 at 4:26 | review | Late answers | |||
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Aug 10, 2017 at 4:09 | history | answered | Kat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |