chiffonier

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌʃɪf.əˈnɪə/
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/ˌʃɪf.əˈnɪə/ · /ˌʃɪf.əˈnɪɹ/

Definition of chiffonier

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
    “"There is nothing of the kind even within view," cried Helen, warmly, "nor any one object that could offend the most fastidious eye, as Mrs. Palmer observed; a duchess might delight in it; every thing is so clean without, and so good within: such beautiful carpets and rugs to match! such handsome chiffoniers, and elegant books!...”
    “He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.”
    “From the half-open drawers of this chiffonnier hung laces, ribands, stockings, ladies' underclothing and an abdominal brace, which gave the impression that the feminine finery had suffered venery.”
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noun

  1. A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
    “"There is nothing of the kind even within view," cried Helen, warmly, "nor any one object that could offend the most fastidious eye, as Mrs. Palmer observed; a duchess might delight in it; every thing is so clean without, and so good within: such beautiful carpets and rugs to match! such handsome chiffoniers, and elegant books!...”
    “He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.”
    “From the half-open drawers of this chiffonnier hung laces, ribands, stockings, ladies' underclothing and an abdominal brace, which gave the impression that the feminine finery had suffered venery.”
  2. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
  3. A receptacle for rags or shreds.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French chiffonnier.

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