Definition of Chiffonier. Meaning of Chiffonier. Synonyms of Chiffonier

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Definition of Chiffonier

Chiffonier
Chiffonier Chif`fo*nier", fem. Chiffo Chif`fo-niere i[`e]re", n. [F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonni[`e]re, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, flimsy cloth.] 1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. 2. A receptacle for rags or shreds. 3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. --G. Eliot.

Meaning of Chiffonier from wikipedia

- Look up chiffonier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term chiffonier, also chiffonnier, may refer to one of at least two types of furniture. Its...
- generally old-fashioned) kind of chiffonier." The drawing room is itself a term for a formal reception room, and a chiffonier is, in this sense, a small sideboard...
- serving food, rather than the item of furniture Cellarette (liquor cabinet) Chiffonier China cabinet Credenza Hutch (furniture) Madia (furniture) Sideboard (Edward...
- time."[citation needed] The term itself is a portmanteau of the words chiffonier and wardrobe. The word is used in the United States, primarily in the...
- construction to "bureau desks", po****r in the 18th century. A chifforobe (from chiffonier + wardrobe) is a combination of a wardrobe and a chest of drawers. In...
- and seized letters and envelopes that they found in the drawer of a chiffonier. W****s' papers were used to convict W****s of transporting lottery tickets...
- Stoker's short story, The Burial of the Rats (1896) is set amongst the chiffoniers of the Montrouge district of Paris in 1850. A section of tenement buildings...
- from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2013. "Le chiffonier (sic)". silentera.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013. "Couronnement de la...
- see them at home evenings. Chaplin squatting grey and nude, atop his chiffonier, swinging his thyroid around his head by his bamboo cane, like a dead...
- modern Fr. cheftaine (only the feminine form remains) chiffon chiffonade chiffonier chignon chimera chimney chiromancy chisel chitin chivalrous chivalry chive...