dower chest
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dower chest
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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 Marie D. (Marie Daugherty) Webster
In her dower chest, beneath the piles of heavy, yellowed linen, was a small jewel case.
From A Spinner in the Sun by Myrtle Reed
They set aside a few of their most precious belongings to be stored, like Grandma's grandma's painted dower chest, full of treasures, and Grandpa's tall desk and Rose-Ellen's dearest doll.
From Across the Fruited Plain by Florence Crannell Means
The filling of a dower chest was one part of it, and the setting of infinite stitches, each as perfect as a tiny pearl, in much "fair and broidered raiment" was another.
From Mary Ware's Promised Land by John Goss
In the Castle Museum there is another chest made for Queen Philippa in 1333—a veritable dower chest.
From Chats on Household Curios by Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess
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