chifforobe

American  

[shif-uh-rohb, shif-rohb] / ˈʃɪf əˌroʊb, ˈʃɪfˌroʊb /

Also chifferobe,

noun

1. a piece of furniture having both drawers and space for hanging clothes.

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Etymology

Origin of chifforobe

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; chiffo(nier) + (ward)robe

Example Sentences

They were up there on the shelf in Mama’s chifforobe with things happening to them, whereas Granny wasn’t anywhere.

From Literature

Cheap stuffed furniture together with an old handmade cherrywood chifforobe.

From Literature

The new scheme would have to incorporate our 1940s elm-wood chifforobe, a 1960s Edward Wormley walnut highboy and a blond Terence Conran bookcase.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s the fast, physical, seven-on-seven court sport in which players try to hurl a ball the size of a honeydew into a net the size of a chifforobe.

From Slate

“I got to get them sheets washed and ironed and then I got to get to this old chifforobe you done let go dry as Texas. And then we cooking—” “No learning lesson today, Minny.”

From Literature