dower chest
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dower chest
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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He wouldn't wait for the filling of a dower chest.
From Mary Ware's Promised Land by Goss, John
No bride of the old country has more pride in her dower chest than the mountain bride in her pile of quilts.
From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)
If there is one piece of furniture above another that is surrounded with a halo of romance, surely it is the dower chest!
From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
This is considered one of the best examples of chests in existence, being wonderfully carved, of solid oak, and probably used originally as a dower chest.
From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.
It and her ebony chairs, her claw-footed tables, her harp and dower chest, had come with her from France.
From Old Kaskaskia by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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