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oxbow chest

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noun

  1. a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.

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He can keep the bidding on this early American cherry oxbow chest spinning in the air all morning.

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Jokes are not going to pull another thousand out of the air this time, however, and Withington's sure instinct tells him not to upstage the oxbow chest.

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The oxbow chest vanishes, and a pair of Hepplewhite tables takes its place.

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