War and Peace vocabulary

7 furniture, household items

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7 [garniture] words
pierglass
chiffonier
divan
bedstead
censer
bolster
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chiffonier

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Definition:
1. [usa] a tall, narrow, elegant chest of drawers
2. [britain] a small sideboard buffet table.
3. [French] a tall, narrow, elegant chest of drawers

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scattered across the top of a chiffonier were nuggets of High John the Conqueror, the lucky stone;

Ralph Ellison. The Invisible Man (1952)
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She was sore as hell, but she got up off my goddam lap so that I could go over and get my wallet off the chiffonier.

J.D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye, p.127 (1945)
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I went in out of curiosity, you know, and there is a small chiffonier and a dressing table.

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 11 (Book Eleven)
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Mr. Micawber had a few books on a little chiffonier, which he called the library;

Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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Adèle was leading me by the hand round the room, showing me the beautiful books and ornaments on the consoles and chiffonnières.

Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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