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Originally Posted by gmw
In eastern Australia it can refer to a piece of furniture - equivalent to sofa or couch. I can even direct you to Australian furniture stores that sell lounges. Curiously, meeera told me that sofa is more common in the west, although she understood my usage.
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They're both used, and I have suspicions that it might be a (soft) class marker as well. The occasional Pommy import might still say "settee". Possibly the most common word around here is "couch", though "couch" users will still talk about a "lounge suite".