Wardrobes
[wɔ:drəubz]
Examples
- As to the effect of modern inventions on wearing apparel, it is not apparent that they were necessary to supply the wardrobes of the rich. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But Rawdon flung open boxes and wardrobes, throwing the multifarious trumpery of their contents here and there, and at last he found the desk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I have decided to see the servants, and to search their thoughts and actions, Mr. Betteredge, instead of searching their wardrobes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But I am equally clear that the servants' wardrobes ought to be searched. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But we followed into a large room filled with tall wooden presses like wardrobes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She had the ransacking of the wardrobes of the two defunct ladies, and cut and hacked their posthumous finery so as to suit her own tastes and figure. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Julius