almirah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of almirah
1875–80; ≪ Portuguese almario < Latin armārium armarium
Example Sentences
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The girl of the wall-almirah used every day to come out and eat a part of the food, and after eating used to return to her place in the almirah.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari
The robbers exchanged alarmed looks and hastily hid themselves and their bag of booty behind a large almirah.
From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Devee, Sunity
The almirah with its contents must have weighed 50 stones.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
No one but the khansaman knew of the secret entrance through the surgery wall, and it had been a happy thought of his to place the almirah against it, and to make the sliding panel.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
Linen feels quite wet if it is left unused in the almirah, or chest of drawers, for a week.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
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