clothespress
a receptacle for clothes, as a chest, wardrobe, or closet.
Origin of clothespress
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How to use clothespress in a sentence
Here is the clothes press, ma'am, and the other rooms are off there.
The Ghost Breaker | Charles GoddardIn 1863, Schindler explained to Gerhard von Breuning that the article of furniture was an ordinary clothes-press.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock ThayerHe goes to the clothes press and proceeds to change his coat.
Dramatic Technique | George Pierce BakerPresently she rose again, opened the clothes-press, and took out some boiled rice and sopped bread, which she gave to the parrot.
It May Be True Volume 1 of 3 | Mrs. WoodBut no; from the depths of the clothes-press came an invisible vapor wrapping him in its caressing breath.
Woman Triumphant | Vicente Blasco Ibaez
British Dictionary definitions for clothes-press
a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
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