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- noun Plural form of
fourposter .
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Examples
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I like fourposters for these rooms because they have 15 'ceilings.
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Celine led the way upstairs, past the family bedrooms and those with the fourposters and the lovely views, and showed him three rooms in the east wing, all charming, although she very much doubted if he would appreciate them.
Midsummer Star Neels, Betty 1983
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Their fourposters were magnificent, the heavy tables and mirrors and chests worth a fortune, but they held little comfort.
Grasp A Nettle Neels, Betty 1977
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I ’opes as you don’t mind them old fourposters, miss — mum — m’lady.
Busman's Honeymoon Sayers, Dorothy L. 1937
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