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noun

Chiffonier n.

One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.

A receptacle for rags or shreds.

A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chiffonier" Quotes from Famous Books

... am taking some medicine, which, whatever effect it has on me, leaves an indelible mark on Mahogany: for (of course) I spilled a lot on my Landlady's Chiffonier, and found her this morning rubbing at the 'damned Spot' ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) • Edward FitzGerald

... began on the schedule. It took him almost a half-hour to complete it, and he spoiled several sheets in the process, but it was finally done, and, heading it "Daley Schedule," with a brief smile at the pun, he placed it on his chiffonier and hurried across ...

— Left End Edwards • Ralph Henry Barbour

... note for him, saying that she had gone shopping. Beside it lay the photograph of Ruth Morton, which he had, he remembered, left on his chiffonier while putting on his workman's clothes that morning. At the foot of her hastily written note Grace had added a postscript. "Is this the reason for your sudden interest in motion pictures?" it read. "Well, I'll admit she's a raving beauty, Richard, but I'll bet she isn't half as nice ...

— The Film of Fear • Arnold Fredericks

... the photograph standing on the chiffonier in the parlour. He came out with it between ...

— Sons and Lovers • David Herbert Lawrence

... meal, Father Francis led the way to his little study upstairs. He showed me his books and read to me from his one solitary "First Edition." Then he unlocked a little drawer in an old chiffonier and brought out a package all wrapped in chamois. This parcel held two miniature portraits, one of Fenelon ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 - Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women • Elbert Hubbard

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