synagogue n A sealer's bunk or berth, bed; PEW2.
1924 ENGLAND 177-8 I loves swilin', me son: an' after I'm on ice. I loves to lay back in my synagogue an' dror de vog [draw the fog. i.e.. smoke].' C 71-107 [Go to] synagogue: a favourite expression of my father's when he wanted me to go to bed. His parents used it on him also.
