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

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 head for the wine bottle on the gozillion-dollar chifforobe but Miss Celia gets to it before me, dumps the rest into her glass.

From Literature

“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

I mean, she’s got stockings dangling from chairs, pocketbooks on the floor, enough costume jewelry for a whole family of hookers, forty-five pairs of high-heel shoes, underthings, overcoats, panties, brassieres, and a half-empty bottle of white wine on the chifforobe with no coaster under it.

From Literature