china closet

or china cabinet

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noun

a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.

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Origin of china closet

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby china closet

china bark, chinaberry, china blue, china, China, china clay, china closet, Chinagraph, China grass cloth, China ink, Chinaman, Chinaman's chance

How to use china closet in a sentence

He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And Duke was a closet Nazi getting exposed by an avalanche of reporting.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- China.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
I plainly heard a noise upon the cover of my closet like that of a cable, and the grating of it as it passed through the ring.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The ships from China do not come, and it is with their merchandise that our ships must go to Nueva Spaña.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Black Sheep was sent to the drawing-room and charged into a solid tea-table laden with china.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling