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 Lal Behari Day
He now remembered that sixteen years before he had put in the almirah an egg he had found in the nest of a toontooni bird.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
The girl no more went into the almirah, but lived in one of the rooms of the spacious house of the merchant’s son.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
When he returned to the other room, he secured both the inner and the outer doors; then, furtively as a thief might move, he went to the almirah.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Looking round as if to make sure even now that no one was observing him, he slid a portion of the back of the almirah aside, disclosing the stone wall of the room.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
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