pit group
n.— «The white set off their wood-paneled ceilings and clean-lined furniture. It was OK until they got the sectional sofa, or pit group as they were called in the “70s.» —“Let paint chips fall where they may” by Cindy Hoedel News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Dec. 28, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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