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coffret

American  
[kaw-frit, kah-] / ˈkɔ frɪt, ˈkɑ- /

noun

plural

coffrets
  1. a small chest or strongbox, used to hold valuables.


Example Sentences

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“I think that his Royal Highness will like this coffret well.”

From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise

Dans un coffret incrusté d’ambre j’ai des sandales incrustées de verre. 

From Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Wilde, Oscar

She shut them closely in a little chest, and this coffret she bore with her in her flight, for she would neither lose them nor forget.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

Dans un coffret d’ébène j’ai deux coupes d’ambre qui ressemblent à des pommes d’or. 

From Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Wilde, Oscar

Ung beau coffret, � la mode d'Italie, fait de pate cuyte, dor�, bien ouvr�, � vi blasons � l'entour d'ycelle, aux armes de Bourgogne, assis sur iiii pomeaux de bois dorez.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.