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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A narrow high chest of drawers or bureau, often with a mirror attached.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
  2. n. A receptacle for rags or shreds.
  3. n. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a tall elegant chest of drawers

Etymologies

  1. French, from chiffon, rag; see chiffon.

Examples

  • “Let the 'chiffonier' do the work," said Walter, with a laugh.”

    The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies

  • “Mr.. Metford had sold the car and discharged the "chiffonier," and Mr. Metford had returned to his ancient and honourable calling of coal freighter.”

    The Cow Puncher

  • “IN the dining room I took my place between the chiffonier and the Louis XIV chair.”

    Simon & Schuster: Kate Morton Ebook Collection

  • “Mr. Micawber had a few books on a little chiffonier, which he called the library; and those went first.”

    David Copperfield

  • “Incident: an ancient, wizened waiter was quietly polishing silver cutlery and putting it away the open drawer of a massive Victorian chiffonier when the drawer fell out and crashed onto the parquetry floor with an explosion that would have deafened an F1 driver.”

    What I cooked last night.

  • ““Of course,” said Dangle, taking his straw hat from the shade over the stuffed bird on the chiffonier and turning towards the door.”

    The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll

  • “But when they came downstairs the Park people were not in the room — the woollen garment was still on the table (how they plunged it into the chiffonier!) — and the only visitor was”

    The Newcomes

  • “Duardo took the empty flute from her fingers and placed it with his own on a nearby chiffonier.”

    Purchased By The Billionaire

  • “From the chiffonier had gone the knick-knacks of silver and plate.”

    Sister Carrie

  • “He lay for hours under the lodging-house chiffonier.”

    Flush: a biography

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