Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hanging shelf, or set of hanging shelves.
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Examples
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The milk that is raising cream is on the back swing-shelf, down cellar.
Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving
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Down cellar the swing-shelf is cram-jam full of jellyglasses, and jars of fruit.
Back Home Eugene Wood 1891
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On a long swing-shelf were tumblers of spiced fruits, and "rolliches," head-cheese, and strings of sausages -- all Dutch delicacies.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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This he did and added, "You'll find the beef and some other things on a swing-shelf in the cellar.
He Fell in Love with His Wife Edward Payson Roe 1863
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