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Definition of Chifforobe
1. Noun. A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chifforobe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chifforobe
Literary usage of Chifforobe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"Mayella had asked Tom inside the fence to chop up an old chifforobe for kindling.
When she went inside the house to get his nickel pay, he followed her. ..."
2. Treatises in an Interstate Commerce and Railway Traffic Course by La Salle Extension University (1920)
"Expressing it in a different way, it is an explanation of what a chifforobe is.
Another good illustration is reflected in Item 12, page 96, ..."
3. Advanced Dictation and Secretarial Training by Charles Gottshall Reigner (1920)
"... small chiffonier. chifforobe—trade name for a piece of furniture which is a
combination of a chiffonier and a wardrobe. Circassian walnut—trade name for ..."
4. Memoirs of a Winnerby Gary Ward Scott by Gary Ward Scott (2007)
"... over the rent house to my ex-wife and soon decided that I needed another
chifforobe or ropero as Mexicans call their portable-closet piece of furniture. ..."
5. Report by Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1916)
"After due investigation the Commission finds that a chifforobe is a combination
wardrobe ami chiffonier, and of no greater value than either. ..."
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