clothes-press
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Meantime, the ruffians returned to the house, and, strange to say, went directly to the clothes-press.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by J. (Jesse) Clement
If Richard had attempted to dress himself in the light, he would have rejected the muddy pants he now wore, and consigned them to the deepest depths of the clothes-press.
From In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. by Oliver Optic
When the unwieldy clothes-press was once cast out, everything in the log cabin could have room.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
Some other pamphlets and magazines were stacked up on the top of the clothes-press.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by Charles King
"Ugh! how I creak; now I shall certainly get the gout, like the old clothes-press, ugh!"
From A Christmas Greeting by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
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