Chiffonier
[,ʃifә'niә]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of niere
Inputed by Cecile
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see or search through a chiffonier, denotes you will have disappointing anticipations. To see one in order, indicates pleasant friends and entertainments.
Editor: Orville
Examples
- The box was found at last under a chiffonier, and Miss Noble grasped it with delight, saying, it was under a fender the last time. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Micawber had a few books on a little chiffonier, which he called the library; and those went first. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Checker: Olga